Sophos

Troj/QHosts-C

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from January 2009 (4.37)
Protection available since 22 November 2008 05:32:32 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/QHosts-C is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/QHosts-C installs itself in the <SYSTEM> folder and sets a registry entry to run on startup.

Troj/QHosts-C modifies the <SYSTEM>\drivers\etc\hosts file to hijack network traffic for certain domains.

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