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Troj/DwnLdr-HAP

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 6 February 2008 09:17:26 (GMT)
Last updated 12 February 2008 19:46:18 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

Troj/DwnLdr-HAP includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

Troj/DwnLdr-HAP also includes functionality to download code from internet along with emailing capabilities.

When first run Troj/DwnLdr-HAP copies itself to
<Windows system folder>\<RandomFileName>.exe


The following registry entry is created to run <RandomFileName>.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Autostart
<Windows system folder>\<RandomFileName>.exe


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