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Troj/Dloader-YZ

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 7 November 2005 22:13:04 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Dloader-YZ is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

The Trojan silently downloads and executes a file from a remote location.

When Troj/Dloader-YZ is first run, the following files are created:
C:\Arquivos de programas\Internet Explorer\Custom\IEXPLORE.EXE (also detected as Troj/Dloader-YZ)
C:\Arquivos de programas\Internet Explorer\Custom\SVCHOST (data file, may be safely deleted)

The Trojan creates the following registry entry in order to run each time a user logs on:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
IExplore
"C:\Arquivos de programas\Internet Explorer\Custom\IEXPLORE.EXE"

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