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Troj/Dedler-G

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 28 December 2004 21:00:40 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Dedler-G is a downloader Trojan which attempts to download executable files from a remote location and run them.

When first run, Troj/Dedler-G copies itself to the Windows system folder as SMVSS.EXE and sets one of the following registry entries in order to run automatically on system start:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SunJavaUpdate
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicrosoftOEM
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SoundMixer
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MSInstall

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