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Troj/Dedler-A

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Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Protection available since 9 June 2004 14:30:37 (GMT)
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Troj/Dedler-A is a downloader Trojan which attempts to download executable files from a remote location and run them.

When first run Troj/Dedler-A copies itself to the Windows System32 folder as SMRSS.EXE and adds its pathname to one of the following new registry entries
to run SMRSS.EXE automatically on startup:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ActiveXUpdate

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicrosoftOEM

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SoundControl

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OfficeGuardUI

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