Sophos

Troj/Nsys-A

Aliases
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Delf.nt
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 25 May 2005 13:39:43 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Windows NT/2000/XP/2003

In Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 you will also need to edit the following registry entry. The removal of this entry is optional in Windows 95/98/Me. Please read the warning about editing the registry.

At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.

Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.

Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\

and remove any reference to any file you deleted.

Close the registry editor.

More Information

Troj/Nsys-A is a downloading Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/Nsys-A copies itself to the Windows system folder and creates the file <System>\drivers\root\system\versao.dll (harmless).

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Nsys-A on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
TSystem
<System>\drivers\root\system\<original Trojan filename>

Troj/Nsys-A attempts to download a configuration file from one of several URLs. The downloaded configuration file contains the URL of another file.

Troj/Nsys-A downloads this file, which is currently detected as Troj/Banker-CX, to the <SYSTEM>\drivers\root\system\ folder (with the filename specified in the configuration file). Troj/Nsys-A then creates the following registry entry so that the downloaded file will be run at login:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
NSystem
<path to downloaded file>

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