Troj/Singu-AQ

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	May 2007 (4.17)
Protection available since	17 March 2007 01:05:05 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Singu-AQ is a password-stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run, Troj/Singu-AQ copies itself to <System>\gdien32.exe and creates the following files:

<System>\lmrtend.dll
<System>\shlapi.dll

lmrtend.dll is also detected as Troj/Singu-AQ
shlapi.dll contains logged keypresses

The Trojan creates the following registry entries in order to be run automatically:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
gdien32
<System>\gdien32.exe

lmrtend.dll is installed as a BHO (browser helper object).

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