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Troj/Dloader-UE

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 12 September 2005 23:14:33 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

Troj/Dloader-UE will attempt to contact a predefined URL and download data without the users knowledge.

When first run Troj/Dloader-UE copies itself to <System>\dnssvc.exe.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
SiS Dns
<System>\dnssvc.exe

Troj/Dloader-UE changes settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer by modifying values under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Security\

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