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Troj/Vagon-A

Aliases
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Vagon.a
  • TSPY_VAGON.A
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 27 September 2005 13:07:13 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Vagon-A is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run, Troj/Vagon-A copies itself to <System>\mscas.exe and creates the file <System>\javamsd.dll. javamsd.dll is the password stealing component of the Trojan.

In order to run when an infected system is started, Troj/Vagon-A creates the following registry entry:

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

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