[virusinfo] Troj/Spyre-E
- From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: virusinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 08:38:33 -0700
From; Sophos Alert System:
Name: Troj/Spyre-E
Type: Trojan
Date: 16 June 2005
Sophos has issued protection for Troj/Spyre-E.
At the time of writing, Sophos has received a small number of
reports of this Trojan from the wild.
Customers using EM Library, Enterprise Console, PureMessage or
any of our Sophos small business solutions will be automatically
protected at their next scheduled update.
Information about Troj/Spyre-E can be found at:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojspyree.html
Troj/Spyre-E is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
The Trojan displays a fake security warning in an effort to promote traffic to
a specific website.
Troj/Spyre-E may create registry entries under the following:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\AntivirusGold
Troj/Spyre-E copies itself to the Windows system folder as hookdump.exe and
sets the following registry entry in order to run each time a user logs on:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Intel system tool
<System>\hookdump.exe
The Trojan drops a file named screen.html to the Windows folder and sets
screen.html as the Desktop wallpaper. Screen.html contains fake security alerts
and prompts to visit the remote website. The following text appears in the
message:
WARNING! YOU'RE IN DANGER! ALL YOU DO WITH COMPUTER IS STORED FOREVER IN YOUR
HARD DISK. WHEN YOU VISIT SITES, SEND EMAILS... ALL YOUR ACTIONS ARE LOGGED.
AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE THEM WITH STANDARD TOOLS. YOUR DATA IS STILL
AVAILABLE FOR FORENSICS. AND IN SOME CASES FOR YOUR BOSS, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR
WIFE, YOUR CHILDREN.
Troj/Spyre-E also periodically displays a popup containing the following
message:
Your computer is infected!
Protect Your Computer From Viruses.
You need to use antivirus software
The Troj/Spyre-E virus identity file (IDE) includes detection for:
W32/Mytob-BK
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mytobbk.html
Troj/Banker-DH
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojbankerdh.html
Troj/Dloader-OY
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdloaderoy.html
Troj/Sdbot-ZK
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojsdbotzk.html
Troj/LegMir-AH
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojlegmirah.html
Customers with 3.xx or lower versions of Sophos Anti-Virus,
who are not running EM Library, can manually download the IDE
for Troj/Spyre-E from:
http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/spyre-e.ide
Read about how to use IDE files at
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/363.html
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