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Troj/Prorat-P

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Prorat.16
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 31 August 2005 00:37:28 (GMT)
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More Information

Troj/Prorat-P is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Prorat-P runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

When first run Troj/Prorat-P copies itself to:

<Windows>\services.exe
<System>\sservice.exe
<System>\fservice.exe

The following registry entries are created to run sservice.exe and fservice.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\(5Y99AE78-58TT-11dW-BE53-Y67078979Y)
StubPath
<System>\sservice.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run
DirectX For Microsoft® Windows
<System>\fservice.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Shell
Explorer.exe <System>\fservice.exe

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft DirectX\WinSettings\

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