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Troj/RKDrop-A

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 2 May 2008 18:06:06 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
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  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
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Action

More Information

Troj/RKDrop-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/RKDrop-A is installed the following files are created:

<Temp>\_it.bat
<System>\drivers\qandr.sys

The file qandr.sys is detected as Mal/Rootkit-C. The file _it.bat can safetly be deleted.

The file qandr.sys is registered as a new system driver service named "qandr", with a display name of "qandr" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\qandr

At the time of writing, Troj/RKDrop-A is being sent out in spam emails pretending to be photographs. A typical message is:

Subject: Hi, remember me?..

Hi, remember me?..
new fotos(archived) you asked ;))
http://<domain removed>/My_foto.exe
kiss,
Angella O.

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