Sophos

Troj/Proxy-HR

Aliases
  • Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Agent.mm
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from July 2007 (4.19)
Protection available since 22 May 2007 11:58:09 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Proxy-HR is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When run Troj/Proxy-HR copies itself to the Windows folder as msnfo32s.exe, adding the following Registry entry to hook system startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
msnfo32s
<Windows>\msnfo32s.exe

Once running Troj/Proxy-HR connects to a remote server (HTTP) to report the installation, and the port numbers required for control of the proxy.

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