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Troj/PWS-ADV

Aliases
  • Win32/PSW.Agent.IM
  • trojan
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 30 December 2006 14:26:28 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

More Information

Troj/PWS-ADV is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/PWS-ADV includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When Troj/PWS-ADV is installed it creates the file <System>\cn_spi32.dll. This file is also detected as Troj/PWS-ADV.

Troj/PWS-ADV creates registry entries under:
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\WinSock2\Parameters\ Protocol_Catalog9\Catalog_Entries\Params\

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