Sophos

Troj/VB-CH

Aliases
  • Backdoor.VB.CH
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Please read the instructions for removing Trojans.

You will also need to edit the following registry key, if it is present.

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 key:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunService\systray

and remove the reference to 'systray'.

Close the registry editor and reboot your computer.

More Information

Troj/VB-CH is a backdoor Trojan which gives a remote intruder control over the infected computer.

On execution the Trojan creates the following registry entry to run itself on system start:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunService\systray

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