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Troj/Small-ALO

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 20 February 2006 21:56:48 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Small-ALO is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

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

When first run Troj/Small-ALO copies itself to <Windows system folder>\Server.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run Server.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Registry
<Windows system folder>\Server.exe

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