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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 20 July 2005 14:23:37 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 19 August 2005 14:15:45 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Troj/Brospy-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
When Troj/Brospy-A is installed it creates the file <System>\appwiz.dll.
The file appwiz.dll is registered as a COM object and Browser Helper Object
(BHO) for Microsoft Internet Explorer, creating registry entries under:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper
Objects\(78364D99-A640-4ddf-B91A-67EFF8373045)
HKCR\CLSID\(78364D99-A640-4ddf-B91A-67EFF8373045)
Troj/Brospy-A monitors browser activity, attempts to passwords that are cached
or in protected storage, and email usernames and passwords.
Troj/Brospy-A sends any harvested information to a pre-specified email address.
The following registry entry is set:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Enable Browser Extensions
yes
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