Sophos

Troj/Bckdr-QHT

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from June 2007 (4.18)
Protection available since 21 April 2007 15:34:15 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Bckdr-QHT is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/Bckdr-QHT copies itself to <System>\taskmanager.exe and creates the following files:

<Windows>\hkr32.asm
<System>\ldapi32.exe
<System>\ntcvx32.dll
<System>\ntswrl32.dll

The file ldapi32.exe is detected as Troj/Bckdr-ITU and the file ntswrl32.dll is detected as Troj/Bckdr-IGQ.

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

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

The following registry entry is set, affecting internet security:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List
<System>\taskmanager.exe
<System>\taskmanager.exe:*:Enabled:Dnode

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software

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