From; Sophos Alert System: Name: Troj/Istsvc-A Type: Trojan Date: 10 April 2005 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the June 2005 (3.94) 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/Istsvc-A can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojistsvca.html Troj/Istsvc-A is a Trojan downloader for the Windows platform. When installed Troj/Istsvc-A periodically attempts to download and run files from the Internet while running in the background as a service process. Troj/Istsvc-A then creates the following registry entry so as to run itself on computer logon: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run <random name> <path to Trojan> Troj/Istsvc-A also creates the following registry entry: HKCU\Software\IST\ This IDE file also includes detection for: W32/SillyComp-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sillycompa.html W32/SillyKaza-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sillykazaa.html W32/SillyPrep-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sillyprepa.html W32/SillyMapi-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sillymapia.html W32/Bube-L http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32bubel.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/istsvc-a.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 *********** MIKE"S REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/worm_removal.htm See my Anti-Virus pages http://virusinfo.hackfix.org/index <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> A Technical Support Alliance and OWTA Charter Member
