Troj/DNSChan-JR

Aliases	Trojan.Win32.DNSChanger.hk
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
Included in our products from	February 2007 (4.14)
Protection available since	22 December 2006 14:05:21 (GMT)
Last updated	11 January 2007 10:10:02 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/DNSChan-JR is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

The Trojan has the functionality to silently download and run updates from a remote server via HTTP.

Troj/DNSChan-JR includes functionality to modify DNS entries of the network adaptors.

The Trojan may be used to redirect Internet traffic to a malicious DNS server for purposes of phishing.

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