Sophos

Troj/Mifeng-E

Aliases
  • Trojan.Win32.StartPage.afb
  • TROJ_STARTPAG.YC
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 23 December 2005 12:39:30 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Mifeng-E is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When installed Troj/Mifeng-E sets the following registry entries:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Ntsysv
<System>\ntsysv.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\
Ntsysv
<System>\ntsysv.exe

Troj/Mifeng-E changes the Start Page for Microsoft Internet Explorer by setting the registry entry:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page

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