Troj/Spammit-E

Aliases	SpamTool.Win32.Agent.h
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
Detected by	All Sophos products

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Troj/Spammit-E is an email spamming Trojan for the Windows platform.

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

When first run Troj/Spammit-E copies itself to <System>\rpcc.exe.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
rpcc
rpcc.exe

Troj/Spammit-E also attempts to send commands to circumvent the Windows Firewall to allow the Trojan to spam.

The following registry entry is also set:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinOpts
Id
<number>

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