Sophos

Troj/Feutel-AC

Aliases
  • BackDoor-AWQ.b
  • Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon.ig
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 15 October 2005 15:42:29 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Feutel-AC is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/Feutel-AC copies itself to <Windows>\IExplore.exe and creates the following files:

<Windows>\IExplore.DLL
<Windows>\IExploreKey.DLL
<Windows>\IExplore_HOOk.DLL
<Windows>\uninstal.bat

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

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SerDry_igeon_Server\

Troj/Feutel-AC changes settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer by modifying values under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\

Troj/Feutel-AC contains functionality to record keystrokes.

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