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Troj/Haxspy-A

Aliases
  • TROJ_HAXSPY.A
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Haxspy.d
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 September 2005 (3.97)
Protection available since 13 July 2005 09:42:07 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Haxspy-A is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/Haxspy-A is installed the following files are created:

<System>\HPCHuninstaller.exe
<System>\chgsprt.sys
<System>\chrr2.ini
<System>\idchr2.dat
<System>\mspdnx.dll

The file chgsprt.sys is detected as Troj/Haxdor-Gen, and is used to hide Troj/Haxspy-A on an infected system.

chrr2.ini and idchr2.dat are data files and can be safely deleted.

The following registry entry is created to run code exported by the Trojan library on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad
eplrr9
(DEB86EBB-7184-46B6-A85C-ABD9F6E25067)

The file chgsprt.sys is registered as a new system driver service named "chgsprt", with a display name of

"WDNDrive". Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\chgsprt\

The file mspdnx.dll is registered as a COM object, creating registry entries under:

HKCR\CLSID\(DEB86EBB-7184-46B6-A85C-ABD9F6E25067)

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PDXchanger\

Troj/Haxspy-A provides an uninstall option which can be accessed via the Add or Remove Programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel. The software is listed as "Search assistant".

Troj/Haxspy-A listens on a random port for incoming traffic.

Troj/Haxspy-A can act as a proxy, and can be instructed to download and execute files from a remote server by injecting code into one of several system processes.

Troj/Haxspy-A can be instructed to download a new HOSTS file.

Troj/Haxspy-A monitors browser usage.

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