Troj/Dloadr-MC

Aliases	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.acr Downloader-QN trojan Trojan.Downloader.Agent-298
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	April 2006 (4.04)
Protection available since	27 February 2006 22:42:13 (GMT)
Last updated	7 March 2006 15:29:20 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Dloadr-MC is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Dloadr-MC includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When Troj/Dloadr-MC is installed it creates the file <Windows system folder>\XPAgent.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run XPAgent.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
XPAgent
<Windows system folder>\XPAgent.exe

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