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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | July 2008 (4.31) |
| Protection available since | 15 May 2008 09:28:44 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Sohana-AY is a worm for the Windows platform.
W32/Sohana-AY includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.
When first run W32/Sohana-AY copies itself to:
<Windows>\SSCVIHOST.exe
<System>\SSCVIHOST.exe
<System>\blastclnnn.exe
and creates the following files:
<System>\autorun.ini
<System>\setting.ini
The file autorun.ini is detected as W32/Sohana-W.
The following registry entry is created to run SSCVIHOST.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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<System>\SSCVIHOST.exe
The following registry entry is changed to run SSCVIHOST.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Shell
Explorer.exe SSCVIHOST.exe
The following registry entries are set, disabling system software:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableTaskMgr
1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableRegistryTools
1
The following registry entry is set:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NofolderOptions
1
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