Sophos

Troj/Virtum-P

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 17 August 2007 10:48:23 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

More Information

Troj/Virtum-P is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Virtum-P has the functionality to communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

The Trojan creates the following registry entries:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
SystemOptimizer
rundll32.exe \"<path of Trojan executable>",forkonce"

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\aoprndtws
(8E117458-09DB-45E8-B0AD-173997A6298F)

The following Regisrty entry is modified:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

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