Sophos

Troj/Brospy-A

Aliases
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Agent.dq
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from October 2005 (3.98)
Protection available since 20 July 2005 14:23:37 (GMT)
Last updated 19 August 2005 14:15:45 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Brospy-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/Brospy-A is installed it creates the file <System>\appwiz.dll.

The file appwiz.dll is registered as a COM object and Browser Helper Object
(BHO) for Microsoft Internet Explorer, creating registry entries under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper
Objects\(78364D99-A640-4ddf-B91A-67EFF8373045)
HKCR\CLSID\(78364D99-A640-4ddf-B91A-67EFF8373045)

Troj/Brospy-A monitors browser activity, attempts to passwords that are cached
or in protected storage, and email usernames and passwords.

Troj/Brospy-A sends any harvested information to a pre-specified email address.

The following registry entry is set:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Enable Browser Extensions
yes

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