Troj/PWS-AV

Aliases	Trojan.PSW.Hooker
Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Trojan
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


Detected by	All Sophos products

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Troj/PWS-AV is dropped by the W32/Badtrans-B worm.

The Trojan logs the user's keystrokes in order to gain privileged information such as passwords.

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