Sophos

Troj/Harnig-Z

Aliases
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Harnig.bq
  • Win32/TrojanDownloader.Harnig.BQ
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
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Action

More Information

Troj/Harnig-Z is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/Harnig-Z copies itself to <System>\winnt.exe.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ldr
<System>\winnt.exe

Troj/Harnig-Z also modifies the HOSTS file, appending the following mappings to deny access to security and anti-virus related websites:

1.2.3.4 trendmicro.com
1.2.3.4 rads.mcafee.com
1.2.3.4 customer.symantec.com
1.2.3.4 liveupdate.symantec.com
1.2.3.4 us.mcafee.com
1.2.3.4 updates.symantec.com
1.2.3.4 update.symantec.com
1.2.3.4 www.nai.com
1.2.3.4 nai.com
1.2.3.4 secure.nai.com
1.2.3.4 dispatch.mcafee.com
1.2.3.4 download.mcafee.com
1.2.3.4 www.my-etrust.com
1.2.3.4 my-etrust.com
1.2.3.4 mast.mcafee.com
1.2.3.4 ca.com
1.2.3.4 www.ca.com
1.2.3.4 networkassociates.com
1.2.3.4 www.networkassociates.com
1.2.3.4 avp.com
1.2.3.4 www.kaspersky.com
1.2.3.4 www.avp.com
1.2.3.4 kaspersky.com
1.2.3.4 www.f-secure.com
1.2.3.4 f-secure.com
1.2.3.4 viruslist.com
1.2.3.4 www.viruslist.com
1.2.3.4 liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com
1.2.3.4 mcafee.com
1.2.3.4 www.mcafee.com
1.2.3.4 sophos.com
1.2.3.4 www.sophos.com
1.2.3.4 symantec.com
1.2.3.4 securityresponse.symantec.com
1.2.3.4 us.mcafee.com/root/
1.2.3.4 www.symantec.com

Troj/Harnig-Z also includes functionality to:
- inject code into NOTEPAD.EXE
- access a remote website via HTTP

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