Sophos

Troj/Ranck-AF

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 22 September 2004 07:58:49 (GMT)
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More Information

Troj/Ranck-AF is an HTTP proxy. The Trojan runs an HTTP proxy server on a randomly chosen port. The port number is reported to a number of websites, thus allowing a remote intruder to route HTTP traffic through the computer.

In order to ensure that the Trojan is run each time Windows starts Troj/Ranck-AF creates the following registry entry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\fddddHOME

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