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W32/Frethog-C

Aliases
  • Trojan-GameThief.Win32.Magania.asqg
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Removable storage devices
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 15 January 2009 12:55:51 (GMT)
Last updated 17 June 2009 23:14:44 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Frethog-C is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Frethog-C includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When first run W32/Frethog-C copies itself to <Temp>\nod1.tmp and creates the following files:

<Root>\autorun.inf
<Root>\lel3cx.com
<System>\optyhww0.dll
<System>\urretnd.exe
<System>\drivers\klif.sys

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

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

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