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Malware Creating a Service in Windows 8

Ketchup

Ketchup

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Just wanted to share an interesting one I encountered yesterday. Got a call from a friend who bought a very nice new Dell XPS (about a week old). Short story is that I found a SERVICE that was keeping the Malware alive. On 8.1 no less!

I asked him to do some digging while I was cleaning it up, and after talking to others it sounded like it was something that came through email (he uses web-based through AT&T/ Yahoo).

I don't remember all the details, I am just wondering how a program like that could install a service with no user intervention on Microsoft's most secure user OS (I am purposely excluding server OS's here).

Ideas?
 
hmm.. well maybe it used a recent vulnerability to elevate itself to admin and then install the service? I don't think i've seen that before so I'm curious to find out more about how it works if you know.
 
The gentleman is retired, but still pretty quick and careful. He did mention a CAD program he downloaded and I suspect it was the one that came with the 'system cleaner' that did this. I wonder if he did get a prompt from Windows for the install, but thought it was for the program he wanted.
 
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