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Troj/Consper-B

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 24 September 2004 10:50:21 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Consper-B is a downloading Trojan for the Windows platform.

When executed Troj/Consper-B attempts to download a file called editpad.exe to the Windows folder from the conf.conspy.com location.

In order to make sure editpad.exe will be executed when the Windows start up Troj/Consper-B sets the registry entry

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\editpad.

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