Troj/Dloader-VP

Aliases	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.aup
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	November 2005 (3.99)
Protection available since	5 October 2005 04:36:24 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Dloader-VP is a downloader Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Dloader-VP attempts to download code and execute it silently and without user permission.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Dloader-VP on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
scrbmk
<pathname of the Trojan executable>

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