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Troj/Swizzor-BQ

Aliases
  • TrojanDownloader.Win32.Swizzor.bo
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Included in our products from January 2005 (3.89)
Protection available since 22 November 2004 14:35:51 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Swizzor-BQ is a downloader Trojan.

Troj/Swizzor-BQ attempts to download and run executable files without the user's consent.

Troj/Swizzor-BQ installs itself as a Browser Help Object (BHO). Troj/Swizzor-BQ is a downloader Trojan.

Troj/Swizzor-BQ attempts to download and run executable files without the user's consent.

In order to run automatically when Internet Explorer starts, Troj/Swizzor-BQ installs itself as a Browser Help Object and sets the following registry entries:

HKCR\CLSID\(CLSID)\InprocServer32
(Default)
<path to Trojan DLL>

HKCR\CLSID\(CLSID)\InprocServer32
ThreadingModel
Apartment

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Browser Helper Objects
(CLSID)

where the CLSID value is based on the infected computer.

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