Sophos

Troj/Zapchas-DV

Aliases
  • TROJ_MIRCHACK.BQ
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from November 2007 (4.23)
Protection available since 8 October 2007 23:00:55 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Zapchas-DV is an backdoor IRC Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Zapchas-DV runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.

Troj/Zapchas-DV includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When Troj/Zapchas-DV is installed the following files are created:

<Temp>\gsf2\antispyrus.exe
<Temp>\gsf2\lindisecret.exe
<Temp>\gsf2\zlip.cpl
<Temp>\gsf2\zlip1.cpl
<Temp>\gsf2\zlip2.cpl

The file antispyrus.exe is detected as Troj/Mirchack-A, the file lindisecret.exe is detected as Mal/Packer, and the files zlip.cpl, zlip1.cpl and zlip2.cpl are detected as Troj/Zapchas-DV.

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Agent
HKCU\Software\mIRC\DateUsed
HKCR\irc
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\mIRC

Troj/Zapchas-DV provides an uninstall option which can be accessed via the Add or Remove Programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel. The software is listed as "zlip".

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