Troj/GWGhost-M

Aliases	Trojan-PSW.Win32.Agent.i
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	August 2005 (3.96)
Protection available since	30 June 2005 21:04:46 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/GWGhost-M is a key logging Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/GWGhost-M copies itself to <Windows system folder>\win1ogoin.exe and creates the file <Windows system folder>\locafox2_0.sls.

locafox2_0.sls is a DLL that provides the keylogging functionality for the Trojan.

The following registry entry is created to run win1ogoin.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
KAVFOX
<Windows system folder>\win1ogoin.exe

Periodically, Troj/GWGhost-M will send the logging information to a remote location by email.

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