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Troj/Meths-A

Aliases
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.VB.nn
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 18 August 2005 20:39:22 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Meths-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Meths-A includes functionality to download, install and run new software.

When first run Troj/Meths-A copies itself to:

<System>\System.exe
<System>\rund1132.exe

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
server
<System>\system.exe

The following registry entry is set or modified, so that rund1132.exe is run
when files with extensions of TXT are opened/launched:

HKCR\txtfile\shell\open\command
(default)
<System>\rund1132.exe %1

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