Sophos

Troj/Ptsnoop

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
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Action

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Editing Win.ini

At the taskbar, click Start|Run and type Sysedit. Bring Win.ini to the front. In the [windows] section, search for a line beginning with 'Run=' and delete any references to the files you removed. Delete only that reference, not any other text.

Reboot your computer.

More Information

Troj/Ptsnoop is a backdoor Trojan. It copies itself to \windows\system\ptsnoop.exe and changes win.ini adding 'c:\windows\system\ptsnoop.exe' to 'load = '.

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