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Overview

This is a trojan detection. Unlike viruses, trojans do not self-replicate. They are spread manually, often under the premise that they are beneficial or wanted. The most common installation methods involve system or security exploitation, and unsuspecting users manually executing unknown programs. Distribution channels include email, malicious or hacked web pages, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), peer-to-peer networks, etc.

Characteristics

This backdoor trojan is written in Visual C++. When the server component runs on the victim machine, port 8961 is opened.

In order to hook system startup, modifications are made to the system Registry and the WIN.INI file:

Registry hook:

and WIN.INI hook:

Symptoms

Existence of the system hooks (Registry and WIN.INI file) detailed above.

Method of Infection

• Infected upon execution.
• File gets executed at startup if file exists in C:\windows

Removal

All Windows Users:
Use current engine and DAT files for detection and removal.

Manual Removal Instructions

Delete the registry key(s) as mentioned above
Information on deleting registry keys

Restart the computer

Delete the files mentioned above

Additional Windows ME/XP removal considerations

Variants

Variants

N/A

All Information

Overview -

This is a trojan detection. Unlike viruses, trojans do not self-replicate. They are spread manually, often under the premise that they are beneficial or wanted. The most common installation methods involve system or security exploitation, and unsuspecting users manually executing unknown programs. Distribution channels include email, malicious or hacked web pages, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), peer-to-peer networks, etc.

Characteristics

Characteristics -

This backdoor trojan is written in Visual C++. When the server component runs on the victim machine, port 8961 is opened.

In order to hook system startup, modifications are made to the system Registry and the WIN.INI file:

Registry hook:

and WIN.INI hook:

Symptoms

Symptoms -

Existence of the system hooks (Registry and WIN.INI file) detailed above.

Method of Infection

Method of Infection -

• Infected upon execution.
• File gets executed at startup if file exists in C:\windows

Removal -

Removal -

All Windows Users:
Use current engine and DAT files for detection and removal.

Manual Removal Instructions

Delete the registry key(s) as mentioned above
Information on deleting registry keys

Restart the computer

Delete the files mentioned above

Additional Windows ME/XP removal considerations

Variants

Variants -

N/A