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Troj/Pushu-I

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 February 2008 03:15:18 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
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Action

More Information

Troj/Pushu-I is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/Pushu-I is installed it creates the file <System>\drivers\runtime.sys.

The file runtime.sys is detected as Troj/Pushu-Gen.

The file runtime.sys is registered as a new system driver service named "runtime". Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\runtime

The Trojan also replaces <system>/drivers/secdrv.sys with a copy of its own, which is also detetced as Troj/Pushu-Gen.

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