Sophos

W32/OnlineG-Z

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Removable storage devices
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from January 2008 (4.25)
Protection available since 27 November 2007 02:33:57 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/OnlineG-Z is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/OnlineG-Z spreads by copying itself to removable storage devices.

W32/OnlineG-Z is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/OnlineG-Z spreads by copying itself to removable storage devices.

W32/OnlineG-Z contains functionality to steal credentials for certain online games.

When first run W32/OnlineG-Z copies itself to <System>\avpo.exe and creates the following files:

<Temp>\ckxf0zhc.sys
<Temp>\ddjxa7.dll
<System>\avpo0.dll

The file ckxf0zhc.sys is detected as Mal/RootKit-A.

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

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

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