Troj/ExpHook-A

Aliases	Trojan-PSW.Win32.Agent.bl TSPY_SIPWEB.A PWS-ExpHook
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	11 August 2005 21:04:16 (GMT)
Last updated	9 September 2005 17:19:32 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/ExpHook-A is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

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

When first run Troj/ExpHook-A copies itself to <System>\dlhost.exe.

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

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

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