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Troj/Alespy-A

Aliases
  • Virus.Win32.Nsag.a
  • Trojan.Win32.Agent.eq
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 16 June 2005 21:23:30 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/AleSpy-A is a Trojan that attempts to spy on web traffic. Troj/AleSpy-A is a Trojan that attempts to spy on web traffic.

Troj/AleSpy-A may display an image consisting of a blue screen and the following text:

Security warning

A fatal error in IE has occured at 0028:C0011E36 in VXD VMM(01) +
00010E36. Error was caused by Trojan-Spy.HTML.Smitfraud.c

* System can not function in normal mode.
Please check you security settings.
* Scan your PC with any avaliable antivirus / spyware remover
program to fix the problem.

The Trojan may also download further code without the user's consent, which may be the PSGuard application.

One component of Troj/AleSpy-A is a modified version of the Windows system file WININET.DLL.

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