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Troj/Loosky-BX

Aliases
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.cof
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 23 March 2006 10:29:12 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Loosky-BX is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Loosky-BX has the following functionalities to:

- communicate with a remote server
- download software via HTTP
- act as a proxy server

When run Troj/Loosky-BX copies itself to <Windows>\sysvx_.exe and creates the following files:

<System>\comdlg64.dll
<System>\sysvx.exe
<System>\whitevx.lst

The files comdlg64.dll and sysvx.exe are detected as Troj/Loosky-BX. The file whitevx.lst can be deleted safely.

Troj/Loosky-BX sets the following registry entry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
sysvx
<Windows>\sysvx_.exe

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