VBS/Edibara-A

Category: Viruses and Spyware Protection available since:04 Mar 2007 00:00:00 (GMT)
Type: Visual Basic Script virus Last Updated:08 Apr 2009 14:20:04 (GMT)
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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VBS/Edibara-A is a visual basic script virus.

VBS/Edibara-A will attempt to modify files with htm and html extensions and include a segment of VBScript which will drop a copy of the virus on computer which read the infected htm/html file.

The script will also drop the following files:

<system32>/TPS32E.dll
<system32>/TPS32V.dll
<system32>/Systemv.dll
<system32>/Kernel.exe
<system32>/Kernel.vbs

All of which are detected by VBS/Edibara-A.

VBS/Edibara-A will autostart itself by setting the following registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Microsoft Windows
<system32>\Kernel.vbs

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Microsoft Windows
<system32>\Kernel.exe

VBS/Edibara-A will also obtain your email address from Yahoo! Pager information and send an email to your account, with the subject line "Hello", prompting you to visit certain website.



Kernel.exe is a component which will download and execute a file from remote server.

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