| Name: |
DivX Updater |
| Category: |
Trojan |
| Alias: |
- Alias: CoolWebSearch.SmartSearch |
| Advice: |
Remove |
| Risk: |
Severe Risk
Severe threats typically are remotely exploitable vulnerabilities, which can lead to system compromise. Successful exploitation does not normally require any interaction and exploits are in the wild. There exists a high possibility of potential system damage or security flaw. Attacker has complete control over your computer or install new software on your machine. |
| Description:
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The classifications of DivX Updater vary from a browser hijacker to spam relay with backdoor capabilities.
DivX Updater is a backdoor Trojan which runs in the background as a service process and allows unauthorised remote access to the computer over a network.
The Trojan attempts to copy itself the Windows system folder as DIVX.EXE and creates the following entry in the registry to run itself on system restart:
HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun
Troj/Muly-A opens a random port (the default is 6000) and listens for commands via a CGI script on a website. The Trojan also sends information about the victim's computer to the remote website.
DivX Updater may attempt to update itself periodically via the remote website.
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| Signatures:
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process: commx.exe: MD5 Hash: 6e2fe30b0f10388e96d...
process: divx.exe: MD5 Hash: 0041b8317f7624adad0...
process: divx.exe: MD5 Hash: bcfc0e6e854673a695c...
process: main.exe: MD5 Hash: 4406ab85190b9490cce...
process: pc32.exe: MD5 Hash: eccb1a485dadc8238d1...
process: sys.exe: MD5 Hash: 63c42a0c4a22f833b8c...
process: DivX.Exe: MD5 Hash: ...
process: DivX.Exe: MD5 Hash: .. |
| Type: |
Trojan - A Trojan software is any software on a user's computer that the user is not aware or intentionally installed. Most Trojan software is designed to perform some sort of actions that could jeopardize the user's security or privacy. |
