Sophos

Troj/LdPinch-RQ

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from May 2008 (4.29)
Protection available since 29 March 2008 14:45:37 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/LdPinch-RQ is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/LdPinch-RQ copies itself to <Windows>\windows live\Messenger.exe.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{9B71D88C-C598-4935-C5D1-43AA4DB90836}
stubpath
<Windows>\windows live\Messenger.exe s

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\Bifrost

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