Troj/Dloadr-UY

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	June 2006 (4.06)
Protection available since	9 May 2006 05:41:52 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

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

When first run Troj/Dloadr-UY copies itself to <System>\redistributor.exe and
creates the file <System>\redist.dll.

The following registry entries are created to run code exported by redist.dll on
startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\logons
DllName
<System>\redist.dll

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\logons
Impersonate
1

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