Sophos

Troj/Padodor-S

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Padodor.al
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 15 December 2004 14:48:12 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Padodor-S is a Trojan which installs an Internet Explorer plugin that changes Internet Explorer settings and tries to send information to a remote website over HTTP.

When run the Trojan creates the following files:

%SYSTEM%\<randomly named exe> (a copy of the Trojan)
%SYSTEM%\<randomly named dll> (the Internet Explorer plugin)

Troj/Padodor-S creates the following registry entries in order to register the Internet Explorer plugin so as to run itself:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad
Web Event Logger
(7EFBAEFF-EE02-1333-ABDF-416572E5D639)

HKCR\CLSID\(7EFBAEFF-EE02-1333-ABDF-416572E5D639)\InProcServer32
@
%SYSTEM%\<randomly named dll>

HKCR\CLSID\(7EFBAEFF-EE02-1333-ABDF-416572E5D639)\InProcServer32
Threading Model
Apartment

The Trojan also creates the following registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Explorer\BrowseNewProcess
BrowseNewProcess
yes

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN
iexplore.exe
dword:00000000

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\IE4
MGR
+-engnchfn

HKCU\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\ActivatingDocument\.Current

Troj/Padodor-S then changes the Internet Explorer security settings for Internet Zones, creates a randomly named HTML file in the current user's Temporary Internet Files folder and opens this file with Internet Explorer in an attempt to send information to a remote website.

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