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W32.Ganipin

Posted: January 21, 2011

W32.Ganipin is a Trojan that is known to spread through Yahoo Messenger in systems running the Windows operating system. W32.Ganipin will send a malicious message to all of your Yahoo Messenger contacts. Through the IM message sent by W32.Ganipin, it attempts to spread itself by sending a link that contains a download to the worm infection. W32.Ganipin is also known to download other malware onto the infected system and then spread through removable drives such as USB flash devices.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 %DriveLetter%\autorun.inf
    2 %DriveLetter%\important.files.exe
    3 %Windir%\system\smss.exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTService\[random]
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