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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | November 2008 (4.35) |
| Protection available since | 7 October 2008 20:03:16 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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When first run, Troj/Dwnldr-HIT copies itself to the following location:
<Windows>\services.exe
Troj/Dwnldr-HIT attempts to download and run code from the internet.
Troj/Dwnldr-HIT also attempts to disable the Windows firewall with the following registry entries:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center
FirewallDisableNotify
0x00000001
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center
FirewallOverride
0x00000001
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile
EnableFirewall
0x00000000
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile
EnableFirewall
0x00000000
Troj/Dwnldr-HIT tries to ensure that it is started when Windows starts via the following registry entry:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\services
<Windows>\services.exe
