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Troj/StartP-AHJ

Aliases
  • Win32/Hoax.Renos.DC
  • Hoax.Win32.Renos.dc
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 27 May 2006 16:16:48 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/StartP-AHJ is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/StartP-AHJ on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
SysTray
<pathname of the Trojan executable>

Troj/StartP-AHJ changes settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer, including the Start Page, by modifying values under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Page_URL
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Local Page
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Page_URL
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Local Page
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page

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