Troj/Loony-P

Aliases	Backdoor.Win32.Hackarmy.gen. W32/Spybot.worm.gen.b
Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Trojan
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


Affected operating systems	Windows
Characteristics	Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since	17 December 2004 22:57:52 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

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Troj/Loony-P is a backdoor Trojan which allows unauthorised remote access to infected computers via the IRC network.

In order to run automatically on Windows log-on, Troj/Loony-P copies itself to the Windows system folder and creates the following registry entry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Msn Messenger =
"msnmsgs.exe"

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