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Troj/Dloader-TP

Aliases
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.tn
  • TROJ_DLOADER.AFF
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 6 September 2005 21:15:16 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Dloader-TP is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Dloader-TP includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When first run Troj/Dloader-TP copies itself to <Windows folder>\winlogon.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run winlogon.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
userinit
<Windows folder>\winlogon.exe

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