Places where viruses and trojans hide on start up

cedric_diggry · 21-05-2007, 03:43 AM

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1. START-UP FOLDER. Windows opens every item in the Start Menu's Start Up folder. This folder is prominent in the Programs folder of the Start Menu.

Notice that I did not say that Windows "runs" every program that is represented in the Start Up folder. I said it "opens every item." There's an important difference.

Programs represented in the Start Up folder will run, of course. But you can have shortcuts in the Start Up folder that represent documents, not programs.

For example, if you put a M*cro$oft Word document in the Start Up folder, Word will run and automatically open that document at bootup; if you put a WAV file there, your audio software will play the music at bootup, and if you put a Web-page Favourites there, Internet Explorer (or your own choice of a browser) will run and open that Web page for you when the computer starts up. (The examples cited here could just as easily be shortcuts to a WAV file or a Word document, and so on.)

2. REGISTRY. Windows executes all instructions in the "Run" section of the Windows Registry. Items in the "Run" section (and in other parts of the Registry listed below) can be programs or files that programs open (documents), as explained in No. 1 above.

3. REGISTRY. Windows executes all instructions in the "RunServices" section of the Registry.

4. REGISTRY. Windows executes all instructions in the "RunOnce" part of the Registry.

5. REGISTRY. Windows executes instructions in the "RunServicesOnce" section of the Registry. (Windows uses the two "RunOnce" sections to run programs a single time only, usually on the next bootup after a program installation.)

7. REGISTRY. Windows executes instructions in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command "%1" %* section of the Registry. Any command imbedded here will open when any exe file is executed.

Other possibles:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command] ="\"%1\" %*"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\comfile\shell\open\command] ="\"%1\" %*"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\open\command] ="\"%1\" %*"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htafile\Shell\Open\Command] ="\"%1\" %*"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile\shell\open\command] ="\"%1\" %*"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\batfile\shell\ open\command] ="\"%1\"
%*"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\comfile\shell\ open\command] ="\"%1\"
%*"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\exefile\shell\ open\command] ="\"%1\"
%*"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\htafile\Shell\ Open\Command] ="\"%1\"
%*"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\piffile\shell\ open\command] ="\"%1\"
%*"

If keys don't have the "\"%1\" %*" value as shown, and are changed to something like "\"somefilename.exe %1\" %*" than they are automatically invoking the specified file.

8. BATCH FILE. Windows executes all instructions in the Winstart batch file, located in the Windows folder. (This file is unknown to nearly all Windows users and most Windows experts, and might not exist on your system. You can easily create it, however. Note that some versions of Windows call the Windows folder the "WinNT" folder.) The full filename is WINSTART.BAT.

9. INITIALIZATION FILE. Windows executes instructions in the "RUN=" line in the WIN.INI file, located in the Windows (or WinNT) folder.

10. INITIALIZATION FILE. Windows executes instructions in the "LOAD=" line in the WIN.INI file, located in the Windows (or WinNT) folder.

It also runs things in shell= in System.ini or c:\windows\system.ini:

[boot]
shell=explorer.exe C:\windows\filename

The file name following explorer.exe will start whenever Windows starts.

As with Win.ini, file names might be preceeded by considerable space on such a line, to reduce the chance that they will be seen. Normally, the full path of the file will be included in this entry. If not, check the \Windows directory

11. RELAUNCHING. Windows reruns programs that were running when Windows shut down. Windows cannot do this with most non-M*cro$oft programs, but it will do it easily with Internet Explorer and with Windows Explorer, the file-and-folder manager built into Windows. If you have Internet Explorer open when you shut Windows down, Windows will reopen IE with the same page open when you boot up again. (If this does not happen on your Windows PC, someone has turned that feature off. Use Tweak UI, the free M*cro$oft Windows user interface manager, to reactivate "Remember Explorer settings," or whatever it is called in your version of Windows.)

12. TASK SCHEDULER. Windows executes autorun instructions in the Windows Task Scheduler (or any other scheduler that supplements or replaces the Task Scheduler). The Task Scheduler is an official part of all Windows versions except the first version of Windows 95, but is included in Windows 95 if the M*cro$oft Plus Pack was installed.

13. SECONDARY INSTRUCTIONS. Programs that Windows launches at startup are free to launch separate programs on their own. Technically, these are not programs that Windows launches, but they are often indistinguishable from ordinary auto-running programs if they are launched right after their "parent" programs run.

14. C:\EXPLORER.EXE METHOD.

C:\Explorer.exe

Windows loads explorer.exe (typically located in the Windows directory)during the boot process. However, if c:\explorer.exe exists, it will be executed instead of the Windows explorer.exe. If c:\explorer.exe is corrupt, the user will effectively be locked out of their system after they reboot.

If c:\explorer.exe is a trojan, it will be executed. Unlike all other autostart methods, there is no need for any file or registry changes - the file just simply has to be named c:\explorer.exe

15. ADDITIONAL METHODS.

Additional autostart methods. The first two are used by Trojan SubSeven 2.2.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\M*cro$oft\Active Setup\Installed Components
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\M*cro$oft\Windows\Curr entversion\explorer\Usershell folders

Icq Inet
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mirabilis\ICQ\Agent\App s\test]
"Path"="test.exe"
"Startup"="c:\\test"
"Parameters"=""
"Enable"="Yes"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mirabilis\ICQ\Agent\App s\]
This key specifies that all applications will be executed if ICQNET Detects an Internet Connection.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\ShellScrap] ="Scrap object"
"NeverShowExt"=""
This key changes your file's specified extension.

Original Source : Places that viruses and trojans hide on start up

Hatrix · 21-05-2007, 05:17 PM

good job, u'r doing well here
well also check using winrar to browse your drives ( c:\ or d:\ or.....)
if you find a file named autorun.inf open it to see where the virus is......
also if you c autoplay when you right click your drive

Night_virus · 21-05-2007, 06:05 PM

awesome Job dude...

Dark Star · 21-05-2007, 06:46 PM

Better u admit else receive a neg rep... :XXX: Plz tell me who is the gr8 staff who made this sticky...

ht tp://w w w.security-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=3752

Copy pasted from here..

bad cheating other work and having ur .. Plz do google before giving views

Night_virus · 21-05-2007, 06:56 PM

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Better u admit else receive a neg rep... :XXX: Plz tell me who is the gr8 staff who made this sticky...

Copy pasted from here.. bad cheating other work and having ur .. Plz do google before giving views

I Googled it, before replying, but didnt wanted to heart newbie..

LOL

firebob517 · 21-05-2007, 07:21 PM

Here is the link where this came from..

SOURCE LINK

**bakuryu** · 21-05-2007, 08:06 PM

I was the great staff

who made this sticky ..

and I don't think anywhere it is mentioned u cannot make copy pasted posts sticky

**X-Caliber** · 21-05-2007, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Bakuryu

I was the great staff who made this sticky .. and I don't think anywhere it is mentioned u cannot make copy pasted posts sticky

I will too share the laugh with you

Dark Star · 21-05-2007, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bakuryu

I was the great staff

who made this sticky ..

and I don't think anywhere it is mentioned u cannot make copy pasted posts sticky

Quote:

Originally Posted by X-Caliber

I will too share the laugh with you

Da mn never thought Baku will be so silly

Well Mod decision

Admin reply he tooo will be on his side I know but this ain't good

**bakuryu** · 21-05-2007, 09:39 PM

plz .. explain why is this "so bad" ?? and one more thing, i really didn't need to google this time, cause i knew it was from somewhere .. u see seeing such a long post in a font different to that of the default font, pretty well tells the story

21-05-2007, 05:17 PM	#2
Hatrix Senior Member (500+) Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tunisia Posts: 929 Thanks: 49 Thanked 55 Times in 51 Posts Rep Power: 22 OS:	Re: Places where viruses and trojans hide on start up good job, u'r doing well here well also check using winrar to browse your drives ( c:\ or d:\ or.....) if you find a file named autorun.inf open it to see where the virus is...... also if you c autoplay when you right click your drive Last edited by Hatrix; 19-01-2008 at 11:22 PM..

21-05-2007, 06:05 PM	#3
Night_virus Elite Member (1000+) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kolhapur, India Age: 18 Posts: 1,124 Thanks: 70 Thanked 47 Times in 45 Posts Rep Power: 18 OS:	Re: Places where viruses and trojans hide on start up awesome Job dude... __________________ Reloaded, Reformed, Purely changed.. I'm no more Rocky_cool

21-05-2007, 06:46 PM	#4
Dark Star Banned Join Date: May 2006 Location: /dev/had0 Age: 20 Posts: 1,627 Thanks: 98 Thanked 172 Times in 146 Posts Rep Power: 0 OS:	Re: Places where viruses and trojans hide on start up Better u admit else receive a neg rep... :XXX: Plz tell me who is the gr8 staff who made this sticky... ht tp://w w w.security-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=3752 Copy pasted from here.. bad cheating other work and having ur .. Plz do google before giving views Last edited by Strider; 28-11-2008 at 09:23 AM..

21-05-2007, 07:21 PM	#6
firebob517 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 47 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Re: Places where viruses and trojans hide on start up Here is the link where this came from.. SOURCE LINK Last edited by Strider; 28-11-2008 at 09:22 AM..

21-05-2007, 08:06 PM	#7
bakuryu ƒ(ψ)=Θº×φ Join Date: May 2006 Location: India Age: 23 Posts: 6,621 Thanks: 19 Thanked 645 Times in 603 Posts Rep Power: 87 OS:	Re: Places where viruses and trojans hide on start up I was the great staff who made this sticky .. and I don't think anywhere it is mentioned u cannot make copy pasted posts sticky __________________ Please don't click here

21-05-2007, 09:39 PM	#10
bakuryu ƒ(ψ)=Θº×φ Join Date: May 2006 Location: India Age: 23 Posts: 6,621 Thanks: 19 Thanked 645 Times in 603 Posts Rep Power: 87 OS:	Re: Places where viruses and trojans hide on start up plz .. explain why is this "so bad" ?? and one more thing, i really didn't need to google this time, cause i knew it was from somewhere .. u see seeing such a long post in a font different to that of the default font, pretty well tells the story

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