Sophos

Troj/Mbroot-A

Aliases
  • Trojan.Mebroot
  • rojan.Win32.Agent.dsj
  • TROJ_AGENT.APA
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Web downloads
Affected operating systems Windows
Included in our products from August 2008 (4.32)
Protection available since 9 January 2008 19:12:12 (GMT)
Last updated 20 June 2008 18:19:36 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

More Information

Troj/Mbroot-A includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When Troj/Mbroot-A is installed it creates the file <Temp>\cln2.tmp. The file cln2.tmp is detected as Mal/Sinowa-A.

Sophos's anti-virus products include Behavioral Genotype" Protection,which can proactively guard against new threats without requiring an update. Sophos customers have been protected against Troj/Mbroot-A (detected as Mal/Sinowa-A) since version 4.25.

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