Troj/PWS-CY

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	March 2006 (4.03)
Protection available since	24 November 2005 13:26:29 (GMT)
Last updated	16 January 2006 15:01:42 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/PWS-CY is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/PWS-CY copies itself to <System>\explorer.exe and creates the file <System>\systemlr.dll.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/PWS-CY on startup:

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

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