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Troj/Rootkit-DH

Aliases
  • Possibly a new variant of W32/NewMalware-Rootkit-PX-based!Maximus
  • Trojan.Win32.Small.xqf
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 18 August 2008 23:54:48 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Rootkit-DH is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/Rootkit-DH copies itself to <System>\cmrs.exe.

Troj/Rootkit-DH overwrites the file <system>/drivers/beep.sys with a modified version, also detected as Troj/Rootkit-DH.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{1157A4A6-3A8E-3D98-0301-050000030002}
StubPath
<System>\cmrs.exe

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