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Troj/Dropper-GF

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 22 March 2006 05:27:46 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Dropper-GF is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/Dropper-GF is installed it creates the file <Windows system
folder>\winbrume.dll.

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

HKCR\CLSID\{C8F21DFE-B35C-4274-82EC-1E072D09025E}
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\
{C8F21DFE-B35C-4274-82EC-1E072D09025E}

The file winbrume.dll also sets the following registry entries:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\DBZBHO

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