Sophos

Troj/Spy-UL

Aliases
  • Spy-Agent.bu
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Small.gm
  • TSPY_SMALL.ECQ
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 22 February 2007 02:56:39 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

More Information

Troj/Spy-UL is an information stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

Sophos's anti-virus products include Behavioral Genotype ® Protection, which can proactively guard against new threats without requiring an update. Sophos customers have been protected against Troj/Spy-UL (detected as Mal/Behav-007) since version 4.12. Troj/Spy-UL is an information stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

When run Troj/Spy-UL creates the files:

<System>\odbcmr32.dll - detected as Troj/Spy-UL
<Temp>\odbcmr32.dll - detected as Troj/Spy-UL
<System>\obdwk.sys - detected as Troj/NTRootK-BF

When run Troj/Spy-UL creates the following registry entries to run itself on startup:

HKCR\CLSID\(ClassID)\InprocServer32
(default)
odbcmr32.dll

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad
odb_set
(ClassID)

Troj/Spy-UL creates the file <System>\obdwk.sys and registers it as a new system driver service named "mcemgr" with a display name of "mcemgr"and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_MCEMGR\
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mcemgr\

Troj/Spy-UL includes functionality to monitor network traffic and send the information to a remote location via HTTP.

Sophos's anti-virus products include Behavioral Genotype ® Protection, which can proactively guard against new threats without requiring an update. Sophos customers have been protected against Troj/Spy-UL (detected as Mal/Behav-007) since version 4.12.

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