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Troj/Ambler-F

Aliases
  • TrojanSpy:Win32/Ambler.F
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 25 October 2008 06:29:57 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Ambler-F is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/Ambler-F is installed the following files are created:

<System>\gcomd32.dll (also detected as Troj/Ambler-F)
<System>\lm.dat (can be deleted)

The file gcomd32.dll is registered as a COM object and Browser Helper Object (BHO) for Microsoft Internet Explorer, creating registry entries under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{EF99D588-3D5F-4194-828A-E03870A57A77}
HKCR\CLSID\{EF99D588-3D5F-4194-828A-E03870A57A77}

The following registry entry is set:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Enable Browser Extensions
yes

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