Extension Creator

· Overview ·
· Origins ·
· Distribution ·
· Operation ·
· Detection and Removal ·
· Research ·

Overview

Vendor Notes:

 From the doc: '1. Open Editor.exe 2. Select Extensioner.exe (can be renamed if you choose) 3. Choose Icon to Change the Extensioner to 4. Type in a 'Custom Executable Extension' that you would like to have created. Example: 'srn' without the quotes. *Note: Don't put a period '.' before the extension; the program will automatically do that when you run the Extensioner file* 5. Press 'Save' Or 'Save As' to save your settings to the Extensioner file. Save - Save settings to currently opened file Save As - Save settings to a new file 6. Pack And bind with your favorite trojan. Don't forget to give your trojan the new extension BEFORE binding with Extensioner file! '

Category:

Trojan Creation Tool: A program designed to create Trojans. Some of these tools merely wrap existing Trojans, to make them harder to detect. Others add a trojan to an existing product (such as RegEdit.exe), making it a Dropper.

Variants:
  • Extension Creator 1.0
  • Extension Creator 1.1
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    Similar Pests:

    		 Trojan Creation Tool

    Origins

    Author:

    		 & Høme £ess,

    By This Author:

    		 Extension Creator 1.0 · Extension Creator 1.1 · Killer 1.0 · Killfiles · Killfiles.AF · Nova 1.0 · Shock Mailer 1.0 · Sinique · Sinique 1.0

    Group:

    		 Evil Intensions

    By This Group:

    		 Extension Creator 1.0 · Timmsy,

    By This Author:

    		 Extension Creator 1.0 · Extension Creator 1.1 · Killer 1.0 · Killfiles · Killfiles.AF · Nova 1.0 · Shock Mailer 1.0 · Sinique · Sinique 1.0

    Group:

    		 Evil Intensions

    By This Group:

    		 Extension Creator 1.0 · XtremeNTL

    Group:

    		 Evil Intensions

    By This Group:

    		 Extension Creator 1.0 ·

    Date of Origin:

    		 Variants from September, 2002 to October, 2002

    Distribution

    Prevalence:
  • Extension Creator 1.1: 0.3%
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    Clot Factor:
  • Extension Creator 1.1: 1

    • The "Clot Factor" is a measure of how much a pest "gums up" a machine by adding registry entries, files, and directories. As more objects are placed in a machine, manual removal becomes more difficult and more error-prone.

    Countries Affected:

    		 In the past three months, we have received reports of Extension Creator in Australia, United States.

    Operation

    Storage Required:
  • Extension Creator 1.0: at least 713 KB
  • Extension Creator 1.1: at least 489 KB
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    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Follow these steps to remove Extension Creator from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.
    Stop Running Processes:

    Kill these running processes with Task Manager:

    Remove Files:

    Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

    Research

    File Analyses:

    More Info:
  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
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    Research By:
  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
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    Last Revised:

    		 April 02, 2005