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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 25 July 2005 04:50:44 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Troj/VB-IW is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.
When first run Troj/VB-IW copies itself to:
<System>\word.exe
<Windows>\system\regedit.exe
The following registry entries are created to run Troj/VB-IW on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run
KV2005
<System>\word.EXE
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run
KV2005
<System>\word.EXE
The Trojan creates a copy of MSWINSCK.OCX with the following filename:
<System>\~sysWord.tam
This file may be deleted.
