Troj/Sharp-Q

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


Affected operating systems	Windows
Characteristics	Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since	28 May 2006 13:11:51 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

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

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

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

<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\<random hex value>.exe
<System>\<random hex value>.exe

The following registry entries are created to run <random hex value>.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
<random hex value>.exe
<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\<random hex value>.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
<random hex value>.exe
<System>\<random hex value>.exe

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