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Troj/GrayBrd-BA

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

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 13 January 2006 22:26:36 (GMT)
Last updated 25 January 2006 06:31:48 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/GrayBrd-BA is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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

When first run Troj/GrayBrd-BA copies itself to \windows.exe.

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

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\GrayPigeon_Hacker.com.cn\

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