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Troj/Koobfa-A

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 3 September 2008 22:34:09 (GMT)
Last updated 30 April 2009 19:40:03 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Koobfa-A is a Trojan.

The Trojan attacks Facebook.

When first run, Troj/Koobfa-A diplays a pop-up error message saying:
Error installing Codec. Please contact support.
The Trojan creates the file <Windows>\fmark2.dat. This file is not malicious and may be deleted.

Troj/Koobfa-A may create the following registry entry:

 HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations
<blank>
\??\<path to Trojan>\??\c:\windows\kenny##.exe

 HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations
<blank>
\??\<path to Trojan>\??\c:\windows\kenny##.exe

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