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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | September 2008 (4.33) |
| Protection available since | 17 July 2008 20:01:05 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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Troj/Joofi-A is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.
Troj/Joofi-A includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP and SMTP.
When first run Troj/Joofi-A copies itself to:
<System>\<eight random characters>.exe
The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Joofi-A on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
<five random characters>
<System>\<eight random characters>.exe
Troj/Joofi-A is registered as a new system driver service and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup.
