Sophos

Troj/Tometa-B

Aliases
  • Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.mm
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 10 June 2005 04:53:09 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
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Action

More Information

Troj/Tometa-B is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Tometa-B creates the file installer.exe in the Windows temporary folder, detected as Troj/Agent-DN by Sophos's anti-virus products.

Troj/Tometa-B also drops the file mt-uninstaller.exe to the current folder, which is an adware component.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Tometa-B on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Virus Removal Tool
<pathname of the Trojan executable>

The following registry entries are set, affecting internet security:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
1206
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
2001
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
2004
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
1001
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
1004
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
1201
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
1406
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
1601
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
1609
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
1800
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
1804
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
1A00
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
1A04
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
1A05
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
CurrentLevel
1

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