Sophos

Troj/Dropper-AT

Aliases
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.SCKeyLog.v
  • Keylog-SCLog.dll
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 June 2005 (3.94)
Protection available since 12 April 2005 13:07:53 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Dropper-AT is a Trojan dropper.

When run the Trojan will display a fake error dialog and then drop spoolsvc.dll into the Windows system folder and create the following registry entry so as to auto-start the dropped component:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
spoolsvc
spoolsvc.exe

Troj/Dropper-AT will also place a modified version of itself into the Windows system folder as spoolsvc.exe.

The Trojan will also create the following registry entries so as to install the dropped component:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\spoolsvc
Asynchronous
0

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\spoolsvc
DllName
spoolsvc.dll

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\spoolsvc
Impersonate
0

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\spoolsvc
Lock
WLEvtLock

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\spoolsvc
Logoff
WLEvtLogoff

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\spoolsvc
Logon
WLEvtLogon

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\spoolsvc
Shutdown
WLEvtShutdown

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\spoolsvc
StartScreenSaver
WLEvtStartScreenSaver

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\spoolsvc
Startup
WLEvtStartup

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\spoolsvc
StopScreenSaver
WLEvtStopScreenSaver

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\spoolsvc
Unlock
WLEvtUnlock

Spoolsvc.dll is detected by Sophos as Troj/SCKeyLog-C.

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