Troj/DwnLdr-BXQ

Aliases	Win32/TrojanDownloader.Small.AWA
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	July 2006 (4.07)
Protection available since	25 May 2006 08:21:03 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/DwnLdr-BXQ is a downloader Trojan for the Windows platform.

The following registry entry is set:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
System
<System>\kernels8.exe

Troj/DwnLdr-BXQ also disables the Windows Task Manager by setting the following registry entry:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableTaskMgr
1

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