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Linst

Posted: March 28, 2006

Linst, also known as Sivuxa, is a trojan with additional adware functionality. It collects information about PC software and computer settings and sends it to a predefined web server. It also installs browser add-ons that show undesirable commercial advertisements in Internet Explorer.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 bho.dll
    2 cihost.exe
    3 dlinst0.dll
    4 dlinsth.dll

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRuncihost.exe=%windir%cihost.exe

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