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Troj/Ranky-B

by Marianna Schmudlach Feb 7, 2004 5:06AM PST

Aliases
Backdoor.Ranky

Type
Trojan

Description
Troj/Ranky-B is a backdoor HTTP proxy.
In order to run automatically when Windows starts up the Trojan adds the following registry entry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Services = <Trojan filename>

The Trojan then listens on a randomly chosen port and attempts to contact several computers on the internet.

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojrankyb.html