Sophos

Troj/Ranck-R

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Included in our products from July 2004 (3.83)
Protection available since 8 June 2004 09:25:42 (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\
NVidia Drivers = C:\<full file path>

and delete it if it exists.

Close the registry editor.

More Information

Troj/Ranck-R is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform. This Trojan allows a malicious user remote access to an infected computer.

In order to run automatically when Windows starts up Troj/Ranck-R creates the following registry entry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
NVidia Drivers = C:\<full file path>

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