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Troj/Funsta-A

Aliases
  • Trojan.Win32.Qhost.eq
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 1 December 2005 02:59:51 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Funsta-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/Funsta-A copies itself to:

<Startup>\sass.exe
<System>\sass.exe

The following registry entry is created to run sass.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
usb
<System>\SASS.EXE

Troj/Funsta-A changes settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer, including the Start Page, by modifying values under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Page_URL
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Page_URL
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page

Troj/Funsta-A modifies the HOSTS file to redirect a large number of websites to 218.85.139.123.

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