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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | June 2005 (3.94) |
| Protection available since | 14 April 2005 08:02:29 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
Change any data that may have become compromised.
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
In Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 you will also need to edit the following registry entry. The removal of this entry is optional in Windows 95/98/Me. Please read the warning about editing the registry.
At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.
Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.
Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
mailman.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\mailman.exe
and delete it if it exists.
Close the registry editor.
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Troj/Certif-E is a password stealing Trojan.
When run Troj/Certif-E will remove registry entries referencing terraxp.exe and msn_explorer.exe from under the following key:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
In order to run automatically when Windows starts up the Trojan copies itself to the file mailman.exe in the Windows system folder and adds the registry entry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
mailman.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\mailman.exe
The Trojan monitors system activity and collects user credentials typed into the windows of various online banking applications. This information is stored in files created by the Trojan with a .txt extension within the %WINDOWS%/ssh folder which is also created by the Trojan.
Troj/Certif-E will then upload the contents of %WINDOWS%/ssh folder to a remote ftp server.
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