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Troj/Borobt-Gen

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from September 2005 (3.97)
Protection available since 24 February 2005 10:52:21 (GMT)
Last updated 9 August 2005 17:47:01 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Sophos Anti-Virus products detect members of the Troj/Borobot family of Trojans as Troj/Borobt-Gen.

Members of Troj/Borobot family allow unauthorised remote access to the computer via a network and may download and execute files from remote websites if instructed to do so. Sophos Anti-Virus products detect members of the Troj/Borobot family of Trojans as Troj/Borobt-Gen.

Members of Troj/Borobot family usually copy themselves to either the Windows system folder or to the folder Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer, often using the filename LSVCHOST.EXE. Members of Troj/Borobot family usually then set an entry in the registry in order to run the copy of the worm on system startup:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Members of Troj/Borobot family usually act as a proxy server, routing information from a remote user to their chosen destination.

Members of Troj/Borobot family also connect to an IRC server and may download files from remote locations and execute them if instructed to do so.

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