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Troj/Dupa-C

Aliases
  • Trojan-PSW.Win32.Agent.dc
  • TROJ_AGENT.AFF
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 15 November 2005 21:55:14 (GMT)
Last updated 24 April 2007 08:30:39 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Dupa-C is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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

When first run Troj/Dupa-C copies itself to <Windows>\dupadirect.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Dupa-C on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
WindowsUpdateDirect
<pathname of the Trojan executable>

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