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Troj/DwnLdr-GUI

Aliases
  • Generic
  • Downloader.ab
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Alphabet.gen
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 9 May 2007 06:32:24 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/DwnLdr-GUI is a downloader Trojan for the Windows platform.

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

When first run Troj/DwnLdr-GUI copies itself to <Windows>\smanager.7.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run smanager.7.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
SManager
smanager.7.exe

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