Hack Egg Trojan

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

Overview

Summary:

 DLL Hacking Tool.

Alias:

 HackTool.Win32.DllPatch [Kaspersky], HackTool/DllPatch.A [Panda], Tool-Dllpatch [McAfee], virus construction tool [F-Prot]

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.

Misc Tool: Any tool that might be used in planning an attack on a system, developing tools for such an attack, or performing it.

Similar Pests:

 Trojan Creation Tool · Misc Tool

Origins

Date of Origin:

 February, 1999

Operation

Storage Required:
  • Hack Egg Trojan: at least 105 KB
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    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Follow these steps to remove Hack Egg Trojan 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:

    Unregister DLLs:

    Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:

    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 03, 2005