Threat Information for "Trojan.Protect"

Removal Top

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Summary Top
  • Name: Trojan.Protect
  • Aliases:
  • Date Discovered: 2007-09-29
  • Protection Added: 2007-10-08
Description Top 
-- Ease of Removal

1: Runs as a BHO or shell extension
2: Injects DLLs into running processes
3: Consistently named
4: Consistent file contents
5: Creates new registry entries with consistent data

-- Damage/Intrusion/Annoyance

1: Creates new files

-- Propagation/Saturation

1: Infects with other exploitation method
Technical Details Top
  • Added Directory/File:
    FilePath: *.dll MD5: 3b9bc943b8b58b035fabf18660ff65f1
  • Added Directory/File:
    FilePath: %USERDESKTOP%\*.url FileSize: 226
  • Added Directory/File:
    FilePath: %USERDESKTOP%\msqnx.dll*
  • Added Directory/File:
    FilePath: %COMMONDESKTOP%\*.url FileSize: 226
  • Added Registry Value:
    Key: HKLM\%CURRENTVERSIONREG%\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad Value: msqnx
  • Added Registry Data:
    Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\*\InProcServer32 Value: [RANDOM VALUE] Data: %WINDIR%\msqnx.dll
  • Added Registry Data:
    Key: HKCR\CLSID\*\InProcServer32 Value: [RANDOM VALUE] Data: %WINDIR%\msqnx.dll