nstrue.exe - Dangerous
nstrue.exe
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My PC had gotten a bad rootkit that my ISP antivirus software (powered by McAfee) could not detect, nor could fix.
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You quickly found the rootkit and SAVED my PC!
I haven't had any problems since, and I'm extremely grateful.
Manual removal instructions:
Allows unauthorized execution of remote commands:
- ntscan: Performs the scan of a specific computer with weak administrator passwords and copies itself to these computers.
- cdkey: Collects CD keys of many popular games and sends them to the IRC channel.
- sysinfo: Retrieves the infected computer's information, such as CPU speed, memory, and so on.
Copies itself as the file, %System%\nstrue.exe.
Calculates a random IP address for a computer that it will try to infect.
Copies itself to shares that have weak passwords, as:
\\
Schedules a Network Job to run the worm.
Adds the value:
"Pofatch"="nstrue.exe"
to the registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
that's why the worm runs when you start Windows.
Use RegRun Startup Optimizer to remove it from startup.