Sophos

Troj/Optix-D

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from December 2004 (3.88)
Protection available since 14 October 2004 07:52:16 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Optix-D is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platorm. The backdoor allows a remote attacker to connect to and control the infected computer.

Troj/Optix-D copies itself into the Windows system folder as smsiexec.exe and adds the following registry entry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
GLSetT32 = "<Windows system folder>\smsiexec.exe"

The Trojan may also add to or modify the win.ini and system.ini files and registry entries under:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
HKCR\Exefile\Shell\Open\Command

Once the Trojan is installed it sends an email message to a remote attacker with information about the infected computer.

The backdoor includes funtions such as:

file transfer
keyboard logging
screen capture
video capture

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