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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 23 March 2008 20:38:14 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Troj/PDFex-E is a Trojan for the Windows platform that exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat reader to drop malicious files.
When Troj/PDFex-E is run the following files are created:
- Flate0022 - detected as Mal/JSShell-A
- <Root>\a.exe - detected as Troj/PDFex-E
- <System>\sysqaz.exe - detected as Troj/PDFex-E
The file sysqaz.exe is a keylogger. It saves all the logged key strokes in file:
<System>\sysqaxz - plain text file, can be deleted.
The file sysqaxz is periodically uploaded to a remote site.
The following registry entry is created to run sysqaz.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{0AD558D3-7440-AFB0-0506-030706020206}
StubPath
<System>\sysqaz.exe
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