Sophos

Troj/BlackHol-C

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.BlackHole.2005.a
  • BackDoor-TW
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from August 2005 (3.96)
Protection available since 2 July 2005 15:20:04 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/BlackHol-C is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

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

When first run Troj/BlackHol-C copies itself to <System>\qq.exe and creates the following files:

<System>\KeySpy.dll
<System>\qq.cfg

The file QQ.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "Black Hole2005 Professional", with a display name of "Black Hole2005 Professional Version" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Black Hole2005 Professional\

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