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Troj/Paymite-D

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 3 November 2005 10:53:29 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Paymite-D is a Start Page Trojan for the Windows platform.

In order to run at system startup, Troj/Paymite-D will set the following registry entries:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
PayTime
<Windows system folder>\paytime.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
PayTime
<Windows system folder>\paytime.exe

Troj/Paymite-D changes settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer, including the Start Page, by modifying values under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Page_URL
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Page_URL
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page

Troj/Paymite-D may also attempt to run the following files if they exist:

<Windows folder>\tool2.exe
<Windows system folder>\countrydial.exe

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