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Troj/Nethief-N

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Nethief.g
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from July 2005 (3.95)
Protection available since 31 May 2005 18:08:01 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Nethief-N is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run, Troj/Nethief-N will copy itself to the Windows system folder as System.exe. In order to run automatically each time a user logs on, Troj/Nethief-N will set the following registry entry:

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

Troj/Nethief-N will download configuration files from a remote website. The Trojan may also attempt to download and run executable files.

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