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Troj/Ranck-EP

Aliases
  • Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Ranky.fw
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 19 July 2006 12:56:34 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Ranck-EP is a proxy Trojan that allows a remote intruder to route HTTP traffic through the computer. Troj/Ranck-EP is a proxy Trojan that allows a remote intruder to route HTTP traffic through the computer.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Ranck-EP on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Services
<pathname of the Trojan executable>

Troj/Ranck-EP runs continuously in the background listening on a port.

Troj/Ranck-EP has been seen pretending to be a version of Google Toolbar.

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