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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 17 April 2008 05:56:48 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Troj/DwnLdr-HCM is a downloader and information stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.
When run Troj/DwnLdr-HCM creates the file <System>\acrobat.dll (also detected as Troj/DwnLdr-HCM). The Trojan subsequently sets the following registry entries so that it can run on startup:
HKCR\CLSID\{BD942DA7-96C8-4342-84C6-E2BCFE69FE11}\InprocServer32
(default)
<System>\acrobat.dll
HKCR\CLSID\{BD942DA7-96C8-4342-84C6-E2BCFE69FE11}\InprocServer32
ThreadingModel
Apartment
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Adobe Acrobat ActiveX Control
Rundll32 acrobat.dll,AInit
Troj/DwnLdr-HCM also overwrites the Windows HOSTS file.
