Sophos

Troj/Ranck-CM

Aliases
  • Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Ranky.bc
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from April 2005 (3.92)
Protection available since 23 February 2005 16:57:28 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Ranck-CM is a proxy Trojan that allows a remote attacker to route internet traffic through the infected computer while running continuously in the background.

Troj/Ranck-CM sends information to a number of websites, alerting them to the fact that the computer is infected by the Trojan.

Troj/Ranck-CM sets the following registry entry to ensure that it is run automatically at computer logon:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
vadseinst
<path to Trojan>

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