From; Sophos Alert System: Name: Troj/PcClient-R Aliases: Backdoor.Win32.PcClient.x, BackDoor-CKB.dr Type: Trojan Date: 29 April 2005 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the June 2005 (3.94) release of Sophos Anti-Virus. Customers using EM Library, PureMessage or any of our Sophos small business solutions will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. At the time of writing, Sophos has received a small number of reports of this Trojan from the wild. Information about Troj/PcClient-R can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojpcclientr.html Troj/PcClient-R is a backdoor Trojan. Troj/PcClient-R will copy itself to the Windows system folder. In order to run automatically each time a Windows session is started, Troj/PcClient-R will attempt to install itself over the existing service named "Schedule" The service has a display name of "Task Scheduler". Registry entries will be modified under the following registry branch: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule In particular, the following registry entries will be modified: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule ImagePath <path to Trojan> where the default value on a standard Windows XP installation is "%SystemRoot%\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs" HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule Type 110 where the default value on a standard Windows XP installation is "120" Under Windows 9x systems, Troj/PcClient-R will set the following registry entry: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run <Trojan base filename> <Windows system folder>\<Trojan filename> Troj/PcClient-R may attempt to hide itself and bypass personal firewalls by loading DLL files from the WINLOGON.EXE processes. This IDE file also includes detection for: Troj/Assasin-F http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojassasinf.html Troj/Cozdoor-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojcozdoora.html Troj/Festod-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojfestoda.html Troj/Swizzor-N http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojswizzorn.html Troj/Swizzor-O http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojswizzoro.html Troj/Swizzor-CR http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojswizzorcr.html Troj/FakeAle-B http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojfakealeb.html Troj/Proxy-BK http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojproxybk.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/pcclie-r.ide Download all the IDE files available for the current version of Sophos Anti-Virus in a single compressed file. The file is available in two formats: Zip file: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.zip Self-extracting file: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.exe Read about how to use IDE files at http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/using.html *********** MIKE"S REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/worm_removal.htm See my Anti-Virus pages http://virusinfo.hackfix.org/index <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> A Technical Support Alliance and OWTA Charter Member
