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Troj/StartP-ADY

Aliases
  • Trojan.Win32.StartPage.ady
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 29 December 2005 21:07:33 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/StartP-ADY is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/StartP-ADY copies itself to \efsdfgxg.exe and creates the file \search.html.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Explorer32
\efsdfgxg.exe

Troj/StartP-ADY changes settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer, including the Start Page and Search Page, by modifying values under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Search Bar
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Local Page = \
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Search Page
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Page_URL
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Search_URL
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Local Page = \
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Search Page
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page

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