Sophos

W32/Clantard-A

Aliases
  • Trojan.Win32.VB.add
  • W32/Generic!floppy
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 4 October 2005 12:55:53 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Clantard-A is a worm for the Windows platform.

When first run W32/Clantard-A copies itself to <System>\kchts.exe.

W32/Clantard-A also attempts to copy itself to the A: drive as setup.exe.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Update
<System>\kchts.EXE %

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
RegisteredOrganization
HACKCLAN CORP.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
RegisteredOwner
SunSoft

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