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Troj/DwnLdr-HGC

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 25 July 2008 04:11:41 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

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

When first run,Troj/DwnLdr-HGC copies itself to:
<Program Files>\Microsoft Studio Files\lsass.exe

Troj/DwnLdr-HGC has the functionality to:
-download files from preconfigured URLs.

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

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
lsass
<Program Files>\Microsoft Studio Files\lsass.exe

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