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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Protection available since | 6 December 2005 09:15:05 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
Sophos beta program
- Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
- Small business solutions 4.0
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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Troj/StartPa-HX is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
When first run Troj/StartPa-HX copies itself to:
<Windows>\n0tepad.exe
<System>\Rund013.exe
<System>\n0tepad.exe
and creates the file <System>\windll.dll. The file windll.dll can be safely deleted.
The following registry entry is created to run Rund013.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Rund013.exe
<System>\Rund013.exe
The following registry entry is set or modified, so that n0tepad.exe is run when files with extensions of TXT are opened/launched:
HKCR\txtfile\shell\open\command
(default)
N0TEPAD.EXE %100 <sequence of characters>
Troj/StartPa-HX changes the Start Page for Microsoft Internet Explorer by setting the registry entry:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page
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