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Troj/Lydra-B

Aliases
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Pity.a
  • Spy-Lydra
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 22 June 2005 11:40:24 (GMT)
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Action

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Change any data that may have become compromised.

You will also need to edit the following registry entries, if they are present. Please read the warning about editing the registry.

At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.

Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.

Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entries:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

and remove any reference to any file you deleted.

Each user has a registry area named HKEY_USERS\[code number indicating user]\. For each user locate the entry:

HKU\[code number]\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run\

and remove any reference to any file you deleted.

Close the registry editor.

More Information

Troj/Lydra-B is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Lydra-B has password stealing capabilities.

When Troj/Lydra-B is run, it copies itself to the following locations:

<Startup>\msoffice.scr
<Windows>\calc.exe
<Windows>\internat.exe
<Windows>\lsass32.exe
<Windows>\regedit.exe
<Windows>\userun32.exe

The following registry entries are created to run Troj/Lydra-B on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run
internat
<Windows>\internat.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run
userun32
<Windows>\userun32.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
lsass32
<Windows>\lsass32.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
internat
<Windows>\internat.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
internat
<Windows>\internat.exe

The file internat.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "internat", with a display name of "TCPIP route manager" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\internat\

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