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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | December 2004 (3.88) |
| Protection available since | 26 October 2004 09:12:51 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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Troj/StartPa-KL changes the start page of Microsoft Internet Explorer. The Trojan will copy itself to the Windows folder as svchost.exe and execute the copy. Troj/StartPa-KL will also attempt to start Microsoft Internet Explorer repeatedly on a random interval.
Troj/StartPa-KL sets the following registry entry to cause execution at start up:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
svchost = "<Windows folder>\svchost.exe"
Changes the start page to http://traff.biz.
