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Troj/DwnLdr-HFY

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from September 2008 (4.33)
Protection available since 23 July 2008 01:18:38 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

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

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

When first run Troj/DwnLdr-HFY copies itself to <System>\winds32.exe and creates the file <System>\<Random>.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run winds32.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
System32
<System>\winds32.exe

The following registry entry is set, disabling system software:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableTaskMgr
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