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Troj/Haxdoor-Y

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 15 May 2005 15:46:24 (GMT)
Last updated 20 May 2005 09:31:54 (GMT)
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More Information

Troj/Haxdoor-Y is a backdoor Trojan that provides unauthorised access to an infected system.

Troj/Haxdoor-Y attempts to use stealthing to prevent the detection and removal of its files. Troj/Haxdoor-Y is a backdoor Trojan that provides unauthorised access to an infected system.

Troj/Haxdoor-Y attempts to use stealthing to prevent the detection and removal of its files.

When the Trojan is installed the following files may be created:

<SYSTEM>\avpx32.dll
<SYSTEM>\avpx32.sys
<SYSTEM>\avpx64.sys
<SYSTEM>\p3.ini
<SYSTEM>\qy.sys
<SYSTEM>\qz.dll
<SYSTEM>\qz.sys

The Trojan registers AVPX32.SYS as a service process AVPX32 with display name "AVPX TCP". The Trojan also registers AVPX64.SYS as a driver AVPX64 with display name "AVPX64 TCP".

The Trojan creates the following registry entries in order to run itself on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\avpx32
DllName
61,76,70,78,33,32,2e,64,6c,6c,00

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\avpx32
Startup
MmMapView3

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\avpx32
Impersonate
1

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\avpx32
Asynchronous
1

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\avpx32
MaxWait
1

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