Sophos

Troj/Dedler-C

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Included in our products from June 2004 (3.82)
Protection available since 26 April 2004 13:29:56 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Windows NT/2000/XP/2003

In Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 you will also need to edit the following registry entries. The removal of these entries 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 entries:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ActiveXUpdate
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicrosoftOEM
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SoundControl
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OfficeGuardUI

and remove any reference to any file you deleted.

Close the registry editor.

More Information

Troj/Dedler-C is a downloader Trojan.

Upon execution the Trojan tries to download executable files from a remote location and run them.

When first run Troj/Dedler-C copies itself to the Windows system folder as smvss.exe and adds its pathname to one of the following new registry entries to
run smvss.exe automatically on startup:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ActiveXUpdate
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicrosoftOEM
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SoundControl
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OfficeGuardUI

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