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Troj/Haxdoor-CA

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Haxdoor.ir
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 2006 (4.06)
Protection available since 5 May 2006 21:41:59 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Haxdoor-CA is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Haxdoor-CA runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

Troj/Haxdoor-CA includes functionality to:

stealth its files, processes, registry entries and services
prevent itself being terminated
prevent itself being deleted
disable other software, including anti-virus, firewall and security related applications Troj/Haxdoor-CA is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Haxdoor-CA runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

Troj/Haxdoor-CA includes functionality to:

stealth its files, processes, registry entries and services
prevent itself being terminated
prevent itself being deleted
disable other software, including anti-virus, firewall and security related applications

When Troj/Haxdoor-CA is installed the following files are created:

<Windows system folder>\klgcptini.dat
<Windows system folder>\qz.dll
<Windows system folder>\qz.sys
<Windows system folder>\stt82.ini
<Windows system folder>\vistaj.sys
<Windows system folder>\vistax.dll

The files qz.dll, qz.sys, vistaj.sys and vistax.dll are detected as Troj/Haxdor-Fam.

The following registry entries are created to run code exported by vistax.dll on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\vistax
DllName
vistax.dll

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\vistax
Startup
CxaEqsData

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\vistax
Impersonate
1

The file vistaj.sys is registered as a new system driver service named "vistaj", with a display name of "SE 3.0 memory driver".

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vistaj\

The file vistaj.sys is also registered as a new system driver service named "vistax", with a display name of "SE 3.2 memory driver" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup.

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vistax\

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