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Troj/Iyus-V

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 13 May 2008 23:20:14 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Iyus-V is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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

When first run Troj/Iyus-V copies itself to <System>\mshelp.exe and creates the file <System>\sqla.dll. The file sqla.dll is not malicious and may be deleted.

The following registry entries are created to run mshelp.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Generic Host Process for WinXP Services
mshelp.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Generic Host Process for WinXP Services
mshelp.exe

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\International\CpMRU
Enable
1

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\International\CpMRU
Size
a

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\International\CpMRU
InitHits
64

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\International\CpMRU
Factor
14

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