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Troj/Dloadr-BNQ

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Included in our products from August 2008 (4.32)
Protection available since 5 July 2008 19:35:24 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Dloadr-BNQ is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When run, Troj/Dloadr-BNQ copies itself as XPUPDATE.EXE to the Windows folder:

%WINDOWS%\xpupdate.exe

Troj/Dloadr-BNQ sets the following Registry entry is set to run itself at startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows update loader
%WINDOWS%\xpupdate.exe

Troj/Dloadr-BNQ additionally sets the following Registry entry:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
ADP
&apzx=1&apz=<filename_of_executed_trojan>

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