[virusinfo] Troj/Dowcen-Gen
- From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: virusinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:01:08 -0800
From; Sophos Alert System:
Name: Troj/Dowcen-Gen
Type: Trojan
Date: 14 March 2005
A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is
available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated
into the April 2005 (3.92) release of Sophos Anti-Virus.
Customers using EM Library, PureMessage or any of our Sophos
small business solutions will be automatically protected at
their next scheduled update.
At the time of writing, Sophos has received a small number of
reports of this Trojan from the wild.
Information about Troj/Dowcen-Gen can be found at:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdowcengen.html
Troj/Dowcen-Gen Trojans usually copy themselves to a subfolder of the Windows
program files folder and set a registry entry at the following location so as
to run themselves on system startup:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Troj/Dowcen-Gen Trojans attempt to download and execute a file from a remote
website.
Troj/Dowcen-Gen Trojans are often downloaded by members of the Troj/Dowins
family of malware.
This IDE file also includes detection for:
Troj/Dowins-Gen
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdowinsgen.html
Download the IDE file from:
http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/dowcen.ide
Download all the IDE files available for the current version of
Sophos Anti-Virus in a single compressed file. The file is
available in two formats:
Zip file:
http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.zip
Self-extracting file:
http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.exe
Read about how to use IDE files at
http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/using.html
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