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Troj/Pasta-B

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 27 October 2009 07:33:52 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

When run Troj/Pasta-B creates the files:
<Program Files>\Emailer.exe - detected as Troj/Pasta-B
<Program Files>\457\474\Uninstall.exe - can be safely removed
<Program Files>\457\474\Uninstall.ini - can be safely removed

Troj/Pasta-B also creates registry entries under:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\474 457\

Troj/Pasta-B also modifies the HOSTS file denying access to certain websites.

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