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Troj/Maran-AB

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from June 2007 (4.18)
Protection available since 15 April 2007 07:48:19 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Maran-AB is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/Maran-AB is installed the following files are created:

<Windows>\svchost.exe
<System>\delmeml.bat
<System>\tj6viewer.dll

The file tj6viewer.dll is detected as Troj/Maran-Gen.

The file <Windows>\svchost.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "ADIDown", with a display name of "Power Adapter" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ADIDown

Sophos's anti-virus products include Genotypereg; detection technology, which can proactively protect against new threats without requiring an update. Sophos customers have been protected against Troj/Maran-AB (detected as Troj/Maran-Gen) since version 4.14.

Sophos's anti-virus products include Behavioral Genotype™ Protection, which can proactively guard against new threats without requiring an update. Sophos customers have been protected against Troj/Maran-AB (detected as Mal/Packer) since version 4.10.

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