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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | September 2005 (3.97) |
| Protection available since | 1 August 2005 13:14:08 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 9 August 2005 15:47:06 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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Troj/PurScan-AE is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/PurScan-AE includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.
When first run Troj/PurScan-AE copies itself with a random filename to a folder with a random name in the Program Files folder.
The following registry entry is created to run Troj/PurScan-AE on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
<Random string>
<Program Files>\<Random folder>\<Random filename>.exe
