Troj/Lohav-S

Aliases	Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Mitglieder.do
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	Drops more malware Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from	August 2005 (3.96)
Protection available since	6 July 2005 12:52:03 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Lohav-S is a proxy and downloader Trojan for the Windows platform.

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

When first run Troj/Lohav-S copies itself to <System>\drwatson32.exe and creates the following files:

<System>\drwatson_.exe
<System>\drwatson_32.exe

The following registry entry is set, so that drwatson32.exe is run when files with extensions of EXE are opened/launched:

HKCR\exefile\shell\open\command
(default)
"<System>\drwatson32.exe" -run "%1" %*

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\LocalDateTime\

Troj/Lohav-S may also modify the following registry entry:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
DrWatson

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