Sophos

Troj/Dloader-JV

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from May 2005 (3.93)
Protection available since 23 March 2005 05:11:36 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Dloader-JV is a downloader Trojan.

When run the Trojan copies itself to the Windows system folder as _ntrdlhost.exe and drops a helper component _ntrapi.dll also into the Windows system folder. Troj/Dloader-JV then attempts to download two components into the Windows system folder saving them as _ntried.dll and _ntrrs.exe.

The Trojan will then create the following registry entries so as to auto-start:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
_ntrdlhost
%SYSTEM%\_ntrdlhost.exe

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
_ntrRescueService
%SYSTEM%\_ntrrs.exe

Various information may be logged to %SYSTEM%\temp1.log by the Trojan which will be later sent to a third party via a METHOD POST web request.

_ntrrs.exe is a legitimate remote desktop tool.
_ntried.dll is a non-malicious Browser Helper Object (BHO) and can be deleted.
_ntrapi.dll is detected by Sophos as Troj/Rootkit-T

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