Troj/Dloader-WA

Aliases	Downloader-AFY
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	12 October 2005 22:50:45 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Dloader-WA is a downloading Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Dloader-WA will download and execute files from predefined URLs to the following locations:

C:\windows\sstray.exe
C:\windows\svhost.exe
C:\windows\lcass.exe
C:\windows\winlog.exe
C:\windows\stat
C:\windows\tskmgr.exe

Troj/Dloader-WA will copy itself to the Windows folder and create the following registry entry:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
klop
<Windows>\<original name of executable>

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