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| Protection available since | 1 June 2004 15:12:14 (GMT) |
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| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
In Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 you will also need to edit the following registry entry. The removal of this entry is optional in Windows 95/98/Me. Please read the warning about editing the registry.
At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.
Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.
Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entry:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\
AppInit_DLLs = "msvsres.dll"
and remove the reference to "msvsres.dll".
Close the registry editor.
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Troj/Urbin-A is a Trojan that sets the following registry entry so as to run itself on system startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\
AppInit_DLLs = "msvsres.dll"
Whenever the infected machine attempts to make internet connections,
Troj/Urbin-A attempts to connect to a remote machine and may redirect the infected computer to different site.
Troj/Urbin-A uses stealthing in order to make it difficult to detect the presence of and to delete the DLL and its registry entry.
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