Sophos

Troj/Sharp-X

Aliases
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.idw
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
Included in our products from March 2008 (4.27)
Protection available since 4 February 2008 13:58:18 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Sharp-X is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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

Troj/Sharp-X also has backdoor functionality which will allow a remote user to perform the following activities:

Create/delete files and folders
Run commands
Upload/download files


Troj/Sharp-X may also modify the following registry entry:

HKCR\txtfile\shell\open\command

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