Troj/Bowfeed-A

Aliases	Trojan.Win32.Small.ej
Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Trojan
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


Affected operating systems	Windows
Characteristics	Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from	July 2005 (3.95)
Protection available since	3 June 2005 19:44:48 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Bowfeed-A is a proxy Trojan.

Troj/Bowfeed-A will copy itself to <Windows system folder>\combop.exe and set the following registry entry to run on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
combop.exe
combop.exe

Troj/Bowfeed-A will then contact a predefined remote server.

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