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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 9 December 2005 15:34:29 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Troj/Puper-T is a browser hijacking Trojan for the Windows platform.
When Troj/Puper-T is installed the following files are created:
<System>\hpXXX.tmp - where XXX denotes randomly generated characters.
<System>\msvol.tlb
<System>\ncompat.tlb
The file hpXXX.tmp is registered as a COM object and Browser Helper Object (BHO)
for Microsoft Internet Explorer, creating registry entries under:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper
Objects\(724510c3-f3c8-4fb7-879a-d99f29008a2f)
HKCR\CLSID\(724510C3-F3C8-4FB7-879A-D99F29008A2F)
Troj/Puper-T changes search settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer by
modifying values under:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper
Objecta\(724510c3-f3c8-4fb7-879a-d99f29008a2f)\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper
Objecta\(724510c3-f3c8-4fb7-879a-d99f29008a2f)\(default)
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\explorer\run
nvctrl.exe
nvctrl.exe
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