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Troj/Mosuck-H

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.MoSucker.07a
  • Backdoor.Mosuck
  • Backdoor.Win32.MoSucker.06
  • W32/Mosucker.M@bd
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 19 June 2005 15:14:29 (GMT)
Last updated 25 July 2005 14:27:53 (GMT)
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More Information

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

Troj/Mosuck-H includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP. The Trojan contains password stealing functionality.

Troj/Mosuck-H will attempt to prevent access to certain anti-virus websites.

When Troj/Mosuck-H is run, the following files are created:

<Windows>\ActiveXExe\<Random Letters>.exe - Troj/Mosuck-H
<Windows>\<Random Letters>burn2.exe - W32/Sdbot-ZO
<System>\<Random Letters>18\<Random Letters>srv.exe - Troj/Mosuck-H

The following registry entries are created to run Troj/Mosuck-H on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
<username> config
<path to Trojan EXE>

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
<username> config
<path to Trojan EXE>

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
<username> config
<path to Trojan EXE>

Troj/Mosuck-H is also registered as a COM object, creating registry entries under the following:

HKCR\CLSID\(55F39C05-1707-44B4-ADBB-BD35B02AAF83)\
HKCR\Interface\(78DDD4B8-06B2-4E98-9615-783B5C02AE66)\
HKCR\TypeLib\(5D657BFC-12D1-458B-989E-4092D52D7F68)\
HKCR\protectedpasswords.Class1\

Troj/Mosuck-H will modify the HOSTS file in order to deny access to certain anti-virus websites.

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