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Troj/Spyzee-A

Aliases
  • not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.WinSpywareProtect.am
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 2 July 2008 18:25:48 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Spyzee-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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

When Troj/Spyzee-A is installed it creates the file <User>\Application Data\Adsl Software Ltd\WinSpywareProtect\log\20070702211658437.log.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Spyzee-A on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
WinSpywareProtect
<pathname of the Trojan executable>" /autorun

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\Adsl Software Ltd\WinSpywareProtect\6.0

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