Sophos

Troj/KillFile-I

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 7 January 2008 09:19:15 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/KillFile-I is a Trojan for the <windows> platform.

The Trojan attempts to delete the following files:

<windows>/regedit.exe
<windows>/system32/command.com
<windows>/system32/hal.dll
<windows>/system32/keyboard.drv
<windows>/system32/keyboard.sys
<windows>/system32/mouse.drv
<windows>/system32/msvideo.dll
<windows>/system32/shell.dll
<windows>/system32/system.drv
<windows>/system32/taskkill.exe
<windows>/system32/tasklist.exe
<windows>/system32/taskmgr.exe
<windows>/system32/win.com
<windows>/system/system.drv
<windows>/system/system.mdw
<windows>/taskman.exe

Troj/KillFile-I also deletes all the links in the quick launch bar of the infected computer.

The absence of the deleted files may not allow Windows to boot up correctly upon restart.

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