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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | August 2008 (4.32) |
| Protection available since | 4 April 2008 19:19:08 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 18 June 2008 15:10:47 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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Troj/Drop-O is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/Drop-O includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.
When Troj/Drop-O is installed the following files are created:
<User>\cftmon.exe
<System>\drivers\spools.exe
<System>\~3224.tmp
All three of these files are also detected as Troj/Drop-O
The following registry entries are created to run cftmon.exe and spools.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ntuser
<System>\drivers\spools.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
autoload
<User>\cftmon.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ntuser
<System>\drivers\spools.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
autoload
<User>\cftmon.exe
The following registry entry is set or modified, so that cftmon.exe is run when files with extensions of EXE are opened/launched:
HKCR\exefile\shell\open\command
(default)
<User>\cftmon.exe "%1" %*
The file spools.exe is registered as a service named "Schedule" (replacing any existing services named "Schedule"). Registry entries are created or modified under:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule
