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Spyware.DOASearch Spyware Information
| Name: |
Spyware.DOASearch |
| Category: |
Spyware |
| Advice: |
Remove |
| Risk: |
Elevated Risk
Elevated threats are usually threats that fall into the range of adware in which data about a user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for analysis without your consent or knowledge. |
| Description:
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Spyware.DOASearch is a Trojan dropper that when executed modifies the configurations of Internet Explorer.
When the file to dropper executes copy the following archives:
%system%Services{clsid}svchost.dll
%system%Services{clsid}svchost.exe
%system%Services{clsid}svchost32.dll
Where { clsid } is a generated value randomly and that is used like a folder within the registry of the system
In addition it creates the following entrance in the registry to be able to execute itself in each resumption of the system:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoft Windows CurrentVersionRun
"Service Host "=" %system%Services { clsid}svchost.exe
Also it modifies the following entrance in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain
Start Page "=" HTTP :// daosearch.com
Next svchost32.dll installs the file, this file is loaded whenever a process is executed, if the navigating Web is executed this is united to the process and can make unloadings of updates of the troyano, to show emergent messages (popup)
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| Signatures:
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process: svchost.exe: MD5 Hash: 359430d258f55a2f25a...
process: ms3.exe: MD5 Hash: a9f58c1f31e5408b032...
process: ms4.exe: MD5 Hash: 72d8b85e0b956f8ad5a...
process: mszx23.exe: MD5 Hash: a9f58c1f31e5408b032...
process: security.exe: MD5 Hash: 67a323ad7b30648c269...
process: svchost.exe: MD5 Hash: 756305639039ab4661a...
process: dkload.exe: MD5 Hash: cd95c37eadbbb1c015f...
process: svchost.exe: MD5 Hash: ad30bd685e21aa131ea...
process: ms1.exe: MD5 Hash: b1c9f7ec2911770c41c...
process: dkload.exe: MD5 Hash: 4639249b089353b648d...
process: security.exe: MD5 Hash: ca0a69944f5b712d401...
process: security.exe: MD5 Hash: 045a7ce9f10d74d128d.. |
| Type: |
Spyware - Spyware's primary purpose is to collect demographic and usage information from your computer, usually for advertising purposes. Spyware usually that 'sneaks' onto a system or performs other activities hidden to the user. Spyware programs are usually bundled as a hidden component and downloaded from the Internet. These modules are almost always installed on the system secretively and try to run secretively as well. |
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