From; Sophos Alert System: Name: Troj/StartPa-AE Aliases: Trojan.WinREG.StartPage Type: Trojan Date: 25 May 2004 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the July 2004 (3.83) release of Sophos Anti-Virus. Customers using Enterprise Manager, PureMessage and any of the Sophos small business solutions will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. At the time of writing, Sophos has received just one report of this Trojan from the wild. Note: The IDE issued for Troj/StartPa-AE at 15:54 GMT on 22 April also contained detection for Troj/Mixtar-B, Troj/Agent-E, Troj/Ketch-B, Troj/StartPa-GH, Troj/DeathCo-B, W32/FlyVB-A, Troj/Agent-L and Troj/IEStart-H. This IDE has now been updated to enhance detection of Troj/Agent-L. Information about Troj/StartPa-AE can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojstartpaae.html Description Troj/StartPa-AE changes browser settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer each time Windows is started. Troj/StartPa-AE is simply a text file (typically named sysdll.reg) which can be used as an input to Regedit to set the following registry entries: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\HOMEOldSP HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Search Bar HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Search Page HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\SearchAssistant HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\HOMEOldSP HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Search Bar HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Search Page HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\SearchAssistant HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ sys = "regedit -s sysdll.reg" The last of these registry entries causes the registry to be updated using Troj/StartPa-AE each time Windows is started. Troj/StartPa-AE may be installed on the computer by Troj/AdClick-AE. This IDE file also includes detection for: Troj/Mixtar-B http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojmixtarb.html Troj/Agent-E http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojagente.html Troj/Ketch-B http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojketchb.html Troj/StartPa-GH http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojstartpagh.html Troj/DeathCo-B http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdeathcob.html W32/FlyVB-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32flyvba.html Troj/Agent-L http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojagentl.html Troj/IEStart-H http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojiestarth.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/startpae.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