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Troj/Hogil-B

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 23 February 2005 14:02:43 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Hogil-B is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Hogil-B may attempt to download files from a remote site.

The Trojan may create files named "Dating.lnk" and "XXX NOW.lnk" in the user's Desktop folder, along with "Me Naked.lnk" and "For Your eyes only.lnk" in the user's Start Menu folder.

Troj/Hogil-B may attempt to terminate the current dial-up connection and dial a different number.

In order to run automatically each time a user logs in, Troj/Hogil-A may set the following registry entry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
usbn
<path to Trojan>

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