Sophos

Troj/ParotDi-A

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
  • Opens links to websites
Included in our products from June 2008 (4.30)
Protection available since 1 May 2008 04:36:34 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

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

The following registry entries are created to run Troj/ParotDi-A on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
<random text>
<pathname of the Trojan executable>

Troj/ParotDi-A edits the hosts file in an attempt to redirect traffic to specific IP addreses.

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