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Troj/Zapchas-EC

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 2 June 2008 19:21:58 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

When Troj/Zapchas-EC is run mIRC is installed in the <System> folder. The mIRC executable is saved as windir32.exe.

Troj/Zapchas-EC drops the following mIRC script files:

<System>\wmm2re2.dll
<System>\wmm2re3.dll

The files wmm2re2.dll and wmm2re3.dll are both detected as Troj/Zapchas-EC.

The following registry entries are created to run windir32.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
windir32
<System>\windir32.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
windir32
<System>\windir32.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
windir32
<System>\windir32.exe

The following registry entries are set or modified, so that windir32.exe is run when files with extensions of CHA and IRC are opened/launched:

HKCR\ChatFile\Shell\open\command
(default)
<System>\windir32.exe" -noconnect

HKCR\irc\Shell\open\command
(default)
<System>\windir32.exe" -noconnect

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