Troj/LowZone-R

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	April 2005 (3.92)
Protection available since	7 March 2005 14:34:45 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Lowzone-R is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/LowZone-R reduces the security zone settings for 2 internet sites by setting the following registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\
Domains\media-motor.net\
* =
2

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\
Domains\popuppers.com\
* =
2

In order to be able to run automatically when Windows starts up Troj/Lowzone-R sets the following registry entry with the path to the running file:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
sixtysix =
<path to Trojan>

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