Troj/LegMir-AS

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	October 2005 (3.98)
Protection available since	17 August 2005 19:15:58 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/LegMir-AS is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/LegMir-AS copies itself to \rundll32.exe and creates the file <System>\cq3dll.dll(also detected as Troj/LegMir-AS).

Troj/LegMir-AS may report stolen information via email.

The following registry entry is created to run rundll32.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
loadMecq3
C:\rundll32.exe

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