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Troj/Mdrop-BRO

Aliases
  • Win32/TrojanDropper.Agent.COH
  • Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.coh
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 16 April 2008 01:10:07 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Mdrop-BRO is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/Mdrop-BRO is installed it creates the file
<Common Files>\Microsoft Shared\msinfo\TaskUpdate.exe.

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

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
Config
<Common Files>\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\TaskUpdate.exe

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