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Troj/Lydra-C

Aliases
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Lydra.w
  • Spy-Lydra
  • trojan
  • TSPY_LYDRA.B
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 2 December 2005 09:13:37 (GMT)
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More Information

Troj/Lydra-C is a information stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Lydra-C has the following functionalies to:

- send confidential information to a remote server via email
- disable anti virus software

When Troj/Lydra-C is installed the following files are created:

<Startup>\msoffice.scr
<Windows>\calc.exe
<Windows>\internat.exe
<Windows>\lsass32.exe
<Windows>\mui\modem.sys
<Windows>\regedit2.exe
<Windows>\userun32.exe

The following registry entries are created to run internat.exe, lsass32.exe and userun32.exe 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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