Sophos

Troj/Lodok-A

Aliases
  • TROJ_YSMARSYS.H
  • W32/Sdbot.worm
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 28 March 2008 18:22:49 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Lodok-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/Lodok-A is installed it creates the file <Program Files>\Microsoft Office\system\dodolook_7494.exe.

The file dodolook_7494.exe is detected as Mal/Generic-A.

The file dodolook_7494.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "wamer", with a display name of "Windows Advanced Manager" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wamer

RSS|Atom
Get reports about the latest virus and spyware threats delivered to your computer