Sophos

Troj/Paymite-B

Aliases
  • TROJ_STARTPAG.TP
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 2006 (4.07)
Protection available since 7 September 2005 12:57:48 (GMT)
Last updated 29 May 2006 22:40:20 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Paymite-B is a Start Page Trojan. Troj/Paymite-B is a Start Page Trojan.

In order to run automatically, the Trojan will set the following registry entries:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
PayTime
<System>\paytime.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
PayTime
<System>\paytime.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
PayTime
<System>\paytime.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
PayTime
<System>\paytime.exe

Troj/Paymite-B changes settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer, including the Start Page, by modifying values under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Page_URL
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Page_URL
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page

Troj/Paymite-B may attempt to run the following files, if they exist:

<Windows>\tool2.exe
<System>\tibs.exe
<System>\paydial.exe
<System>\newdial.exe

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