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GWGhost 2.5 A5 with dropper

Released 24 years, 2 months ago. February 2002

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By Machine_GW


Informations
From China
Author Machine_GW
Family GWGhost
Category Information Stealer
Version GWGhost 2.5 A5 with dropper
Released Date Feb 2002, 24 years, 2 months ago.
Additional Information
SetGhost (239.360 bytes) does drop the followingfiles:
c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Config 
c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DXInput.dll 
c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\gwghost.exe 
c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SCANREGW.EXE 
c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SetGhost.exe (185.344 bytes)

startup:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "ScanRegistry" 
Old data: C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun 
New data: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SCANREGW.EXE /autorun 
 

Server:
c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\scanregw.exe 

size: 35.584 bytes

startup:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "ScanRegistry" 
Old data: C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun 
New data: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SCANREGW.EXE /autorun 

added:
c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DXInput.dll

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