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Troj/Paltus-A

Aliases
  • Trojan.Win32.Paltus.a
  • BackDoor-CJQ
  • trojan
  • BKDR_PALTUS.B
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 26 November 2005 17:03:36 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

When first run Troj/Paltus-A copies itself to <System>\sserver.exe. Troj/Paltus-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/Paltus-A copies itself to <System>\sserver.exe.

The file sserver.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "Realplus", with a display name of "Realplus" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Realplus\

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