Sophos

Troj/Netsnake-I

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Powerspider;
  • W32/Qeds
  • virus
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from July 2005 (3.95)
Protection available since 24 May 2005 13:35:32 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Netsnake-I is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Netsnake-I is capable of logging keypresses and sending the logs to a remote user via email. The Trojan can terminate processes, download files from remote internet locations and act as a proxy server. Troj/Netsnake-I may delete stored passwords from the infected computer.

When first run Troj/Netsnake-I copies itself to \comime.exe and creates the file <System>\msinthk.dll.

The following registry entry is created to run comime.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
mssysint
comime.exe

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