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Troj/Hook-HU

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 3 October 2006 05:18:34 (GMT)
Last updated 27 October 2006 03:40:25 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Hook-HU is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/Hook-HU copies itself to <System>\intenet.exe and creates the file <System>\myrx.dll. The file <System>\myrx.dll is also detected as Troj/Hook-HU.

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

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run
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<System>\intenet.exe

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