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Troj/Sniffer-S

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 22 November 2009 23:23:59 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Sniffer-S is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Sniffer-S copies itself to the following location:
  <PROFILE>\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\winlogon.exe

Troj/Sniffer-S sets the following registry entry to run on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Microsoft Windows logon process
  <PROFILE>\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\winlogon.exe

Troj/Sniffer-S monitors all network traffic on the infected computer to steal FTP credentials.

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