Troj/Drowsy-C

Aliases	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Delf.br TROJ_DELF.BR
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	23 September 2005 22:27:53 (GMT)
Last updated	11 October 2005 11:01:19 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Drowsy-C is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Drowsy-C allows a remote user to run arbitrary commands and contains functionality to download further malicious code.

When first run Troj/Drowsy-C copies itself to <Windows folder>\browse.exe.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
StartMenu
<Windows folder>\browse.exe /i

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