Sophos

Troj/VanBot-BQ

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.VanBot.bq
  • Generic
  • Downloader.ab
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 16 March 2007 15:02:37 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/VanBot-BQ is a downloader Trojan which will download, install and run new software without notification that it is doing so.

Troj/VanBot-BQ is a downloader Trojan which will download, install and run new software without notification that it is doing so.

When first run Troj/VanBot-BQ copies itself to:

<Startup>\taskman.exe
<System>\acroup32.exe

The following registry entries are created to run acroup32.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Acrobat Read
<System>\acroup32.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Acrobat Read
<System>\acroup32.exe

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