high
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| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Sophos beta program
- Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
- Small business solutions 4.0
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
You will also need to edit the following registry entries. Please read the warning about editing the registry.
At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.
Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.
Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\vbwinsok.exe
and delete it if it exists.
Each user has a registry area named HKEY_USERS\[code number indicating user]\. For each user locate the entry:
HKU\[code number]\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run\vbwinsok.exe
and delete it if it exists.
Close the registry editor.
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Troj/Apher-A is a Trojan which will download and install Troj/Death-25J.
Troj/Death-25J is a backdoor Trojan. When run the Trojan will copy itself to C:\windows\system\vbwinsok.exe and set the following registry keys to point to this file:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\vbwinsok.exe HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\vbwinsok.exe
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