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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 31 May 2005 20:59:18 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 18 June 2005 15:51:06 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
Replace the Hosts file from a backup or edit it in Notepad to remove the changes that the Trojan has made.
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
In Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 you will also need to edit the following registry entry. The removal of this entry is optional in Windows 95/98/Me. Please read the warning about editing the registry.
At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.
Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.
Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
scrsvc
scrsvc.exe
and delete it if it exists.
Close the registry editor.
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Troj/Agent-DS is a proxy Trojan with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.
Once executed Troj/Agent-DS copies itself to the Windows system folder with the filename scrsvc.exe, and in order to be able to run automatically when Windows starts up sets the registry entry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
scrsvc
scrsvc.exe
Troj/Agent-DS modifies a Windows HOSTS file prepending it with the list of the popular search engine sites looped to the specific IP address.
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