alchemic.A

[SRA]

Norman picked up on a Trojan in "C\Windows\Alchem.exe" called "W32/Alchemic.A", its moved it to quarentine.

Ive deleted it now, but in the interest of my curiousity, can anyone give me some information on this trojan? What could it have done?

 

[StormBringer]

http://fr.trendmicro-europe.com/enterprise/security_info/ve_detail.php?VName=TROJ_ALCHEMIC.A

Description:
This memory resident Trojan is capable of downloading and installing additional applications without first notifying the user. The downloaded file may be updates to other adware programs.

It may act as a Browser Helper Object (BHO), which is able to monitor all Web sites visited. It may also display popup advertisements.

It runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP.