Sophos

Troj/Sharp-M

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 19 November 2005 15:00:26 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

More Information

Troj/Sharp-M is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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

Troj/Sharp-M also has backdoor functionality which will allow a remote user to perform the following activities:

Create/delete files and folders
Run commands
Upload/download files

When first run Troj/Sharp-M copies itself to:

<System>\ipconfx.exe
<System>\tcpic.exe

Troj/Sharp-M will attempt autostart itself by creating the following registry entry:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run
(Default)
<System>\ipconfx.exe

Troj/Sharp-M may also modify the following regsitry entry:

HKCR\txtfile\shell\open\command

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