Backdoor.Salgorea Description
Backdoor.Salgorea is a backdoor Trojan that opens a back door on the corrupted PC. Backdoor.Salgorea may propagate through spam emails carrying a harmful .hta file. When run, Backdoor.Salgorea replicates itself as the malevolent files on the infected computer system. Backdoor.Salgorea creates a partially modified copy of itself to the temporary folder and runs this copy with parameter '--help'. Backdoor.Salgorea also creates the clean file and executes it. Backdoor.Salgorea then creates the schedule task files in order to run the file 'sidebar.exe' daily. Backdoor.Salgorea creates the registry entry so that it can load automatically whenever you boot up Windows. Backdoor.Salgorea also creates other registry entries.
Technical Information
File System Details
Backdoor.Salgorea creates the following file(s):
| # | File Name | Size | MD5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | %Temp%\KeePass.exe | ||
| 2 | %Temp%\[RANDOM FILE NAME].exe | ||
| 3 | %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe | ||
| 4 | %Windir%\Tasks\Sidebar_[CURRENT USER].job | ||
| 5 | %Windir%\Tasks\Sidebar.job | ||
| 6 | %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\AeroGlass.theme | ||
| 7 | file.exe | 249,344 | d33a9365a7e71f728b993a4a3ae58335 |
Registry Details
Backdoor.Salgorea creates the following registry entry or registry entries:
RegistryKey
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Keyboard\"es-ec" = "[ENCODED DATA]"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBar\OemCustomTheme\"(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\AeroGlass.theme"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Keyboard\"es-ec" = "[ENCODED DATA]"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\SideShow\Gadgets\"Language" = "[TIME OF INFECTION]"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\"Sidebar" = "%Temp%\[RANDOM FILE NAME].exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DevDiv\UC\"SP" = "[TIME OF INFECTION]"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBar\OemCustomTheme\"(Default)" = "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\AeroGlass.theme"
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