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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 21 November 2005 15:32:36 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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Troj/RemLoad-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/RemLoad-A includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.
Troj/RemLoad-A may download and execute further files, and can retrieve information about an infected system, including network details, and send these to a remote intruder. Troj/RemLoad-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/RemLoad-A includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.
Troj/RemLoad-A may download and execute further files, and can retrieve information about an infected system, including network details, and send these to a remote intruder.
When Troj/RemLoad-A is first run, the following files are created:
<System>\checkreg.exe
<System>\iisload.dll
<System>\s32l.txt
<System>\ws386l.ini
<System>\wsl21655.dll
s32l.txt and ws386l.ini are clean data files, iisload.dll is a clean DLL, and they may all be safely deleted. The other files are detected as Troj/RemLoad-A.
The following registry entry is created to run checkreg.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Registry Startup Check
<System>\checkreg.exe
