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Troj/Swizzor-BP

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 10 November 2004 20:51:38 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Swizzor-BP is a Trojan downloader.

Troj/Swizzor-BP attempts to download and run executable files without the user's consent. The Trojan may copy itself into the Temp folder with a random filename and the EXE file extension.

In order to run automatically when Internet Explorer starts, Troj/Swizzor-BP installs itself as a Browser Helper Object and sets the following registry entries:

HKCR\CLSID\(CLSID)\InprocServer32\
(Default) = <path to Trojan DLL>

HKCR\CLSID\(CLSID)\InprocServer32\
ThreadingModel = Apartment

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Browser Helper Objects\(CLSID)

Several entries may also be created under:
HKCU\Software\32jugsbagsIdle\

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