Troj/Dloadr-UY

Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Trojan
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


Affected operating systems	Windows
Characteristics	Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since	9 May 2006 05:41:52 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

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Troj/Dloadr-UY is a downloader Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/Dloadr-UY copies itself to <System>\redistributor.exe and
creates the file <System>\redist.dll.

The following registry entries are created to run code exported by redist.dll on
startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\logons
DllName
<System>\redist.dll

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\logons
Impersonate
1

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