Troj/DollarR-CG

Aliases	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Adload.ic DollarRevenue trojan
Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Trojan
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


Affected operating systems	Windows
Characteristics	Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from	February 2007 (4.14)
Protection available since	4 January 2007 14:48:13 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/DollarR-CG is a downloader Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/DollarR-CG includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When Troj/DollarR-CG is installed it creates the file <Windows>\newname.dat.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/DollarR-CG on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
newname
<pathname of the Trojan executable>

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