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Troj/Dropper-BM

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 9 November 2005 14:11:59 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Dropper-BM is a dropper Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/Dropper-BM creates a file <system>\autoupdatev2.exe. Autoupatev2.exe is detected by Sophos's anti-virus products as Troj/Clicker-AD.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Dropper-BM on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
autoupdatev2
<path of the dropped file>

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