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Troj/Zlob-ACR

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 21 May 2007 06:25:40 (GMT)
Last updated 21 May 2007 16:29:33 (GMT)
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More Information

Troj/Zlob-ACR is a downloader Trojan for the Windows platform.

When run Troj/Zlob-ACR creates the files:
<System>\<random characters>.exe - detected as Troj/Zlob-ACR
<Temp>\02.exe - detected as Troj/Zlob-ACR
<Temp>\00.exe - detected as Troj/Zlob-ACR
<Temp>\01.exe - detected as Troj/Zlob-ACR
<Program Files>\VideoPlugin\Uninstall.exe - can be safely removed
<Program Files>\VideoPlugin\Uninstall.lnk - can be safely removed

Troj/Zlob-ACR sets the following registry entry to run itself on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
System
<random characters>.exe

Troj/Zlob-ACR also sets the following registry entries:

HKCU\Software\VideoPlugin
Start Menu Folder
VideoPlugin

HKCR\VideoPlugin\CLSID
(default)
(6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6)

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VideoPlugin

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