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Troj/Wollf-B

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Wollf.a
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 5 October 2005 22:24:18 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Wollf-B is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

When first run Troj/Wollf-B copies itself to <System>\mshss.exe.

The file mshss.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "Adobe3M", with a display name of "Adobe Update Manager" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Adobe3M

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