Troj/Banhost-M

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
Included in our products from	June 2008 (4.30)
Protection available since	6 May 2008 06:56:44 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Banhost-M modifies the <System>\drivers\etc\hosts file so that attempts to visit certain websites will get redirected to a malicious server.

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