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Troj/Nymod-A

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 28 March 2008 22:46:56 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

Troj/Nymod-A includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server.

When Troj/Nymod-A is run, it drops the file:

<System>\^^^^^.exe - proactively detected as Mal/Basine-C

The following registry entries are created to start ^^^^.exe at startup and bypass the firewall:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Flash Media
<System>\^^^^^.exe

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\
StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List
<System>\^^^^^.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Currentversion\Winlogon\Userinit
<System>\^^^^^.exe

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