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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | March 2006 (4.03) |
| Protection available since | 26 January 2006 23:40:04 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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Troj/Perda-J is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.
Troj/Perda-J serves as a proxy, allowing remote users the ability to route HTTP traffic through the infected computer. The Trojan may also accept commands from remote users.
The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Perda-J on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
nethost.exe
<pathname of the Trojan executable>
