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Troj/Ranck-X

Aliases
  • Win32/TrojanProxy.Ranky.AM
  • Proxy-FBSR.gen
  • Troj/Ranck-Fam
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Protection available since 6 July 2004 08:12:43 (GMT)
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More Information

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

Troj/Ranck-X sets an entry in the registry at the following location so as to run itself on system startup:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ValidData

Troj/Ranck-X sends information that the infected computer is running it to a number of websites, downloading a file to C:\WINNT\DOK at the same time.

Troj/Ranck-X runs continuously in the background list

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