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Troj/Median-A

by Marianna Schmudlach Feb 7, 2004 5:08AM PST

Type
Trojan

Description
Troj/Median-A creates a hidden window called Medusa and attempts to connect to the remote server diana23.dyndns.org.
The Trojan copies itself to the Windows folder as WINSYS.EXE and adds an entry to the registry at the following location to run itself on system restart:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WINSYS

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojmediana.html

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