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Troj/Loosky-AB

Aliases
  • Email-Worm.Win32.Locksky.s
  • W32/Loosky.gen
  • Backdoor.Fivsec
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 16 January 2006 14:28:39 (GMT)
Last updated 18 August 2006 08:18:22 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Loosky-AB is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

When first run Troj/Loosky-AB copies itself to <Windows>\batserv2.exe and creates the file <System>\sysc.exe. The file sysc.exe is also detected as Troj/Loosky-AB.

The following registry entry is created to run batserv2.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
BatSrv
<Windows>\batserv2.exe

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