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Troj/DwnLdr-FYA

Aliases
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.awc
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 15 January 2007 14:43:39 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/DwnLdr-FYA is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/DwnLdr-FYA copies itself to <System>\notaped.exe and creates the file <System>\0.txt.

The file notaped.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "Media Sariel Number Services", with a display name of "Media Sariel Number Services" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Media Sariel Number Services

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