Troj/Haxdoor-BX

Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Trojan
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


Affected operating systems	Windows
Characteristics	Drops more malware
Included in our products from	June 2006 (4.06)
Protection available since	3 May 2006 05:22:09 (GMT)
Last updated	9 May 2006 09:11:26 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Haxdoor-BX installs a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Haxdoor-BX creates the files flashdrvr.dll and flashdrv3.sys in the Windows system folder.

Flashdrvr.dll is detected as Troj/Haxdor-Fam.
Flashdrv3.sys is detected as Troj/Haxdor-Gen.

The Trojan creates registry entries in the following location to ensure that flashdrvr.dll is started each time Windows starts:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\flashdrvr\

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