Troj/Dupa-C

Aliases	Trojan-PSW.Win32.Agent.dc TROJ_AGENT.AFF
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 2007 (4.18)
Protection available since	15 November 2005 21:55:14 (GMT)
Last updated	24 April 2007 08:30:39 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

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

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

When first run Troj/Dupa-C copies itself to <Windows>\dupadirect.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Dupa-C on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
WindowsUpdateDirect
<pathname of the Trojan executable>

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