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Troj/Raker-C

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 9 January 2006 22:35:22 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Raker-C is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

Troj/Raker-C includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When first run Troj/Raker-C copies itself to <Windows system folder>\msoff.exe and creates the following files:

<User>\Documents\Settings\RavenJoker_a.dat
<User>\Documents\Settings\RavenJoker_b.dat
<User>\Documents\Settings\RavenJoker_f.dat
<User>\Documents\Settings\RavenJoker_v.dat

The following registry entry is created to run msoff.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Office
<Windows system folder>\msoff.exe

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