Sophos

Troj/Spywad-AX

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 28 March 2008 02:14:35 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

More Information

Troj/Spywad-AX is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Spywad-AX displays fake messages claiming the computer is infected with spyware and then tries to sell the user antispyware tools.

When Troj/Spywad-AX is run, the following files are created:

<Current Folder>\delself.bat - text file, can be deleted
<System>\braviax.exe - detected as Troj/Spywad-AX
<System>\dllcache\beep.sys - detected as Troj/Spywad-AX
<System>\cru629.dat - detected as Mal/EncPk-BB
<System>\univrs32.dat - detected as Troj/Agent-GPD
<WINDOWS>\braviax.exe - detected as Troj/Spywad-AX
<WINDOWS>\cru629.dat - detected as Mal/EncPk-BB

The following registry entries are created to run braviax.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
braviax
<System>\braviax.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
braviax
<System>\braviax.exe

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