Sophos

Troj/Zlob-AKA

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 11 April 2008 22:48:09 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

More Information

When Troj/Zlob-AKA is installed the following files are created:

<Program Files>\NetProject\sbmdl.dll - detected as Troj/Zlob-AKA
<Program Files>\NetProject\sbmntr.exe - detected as Troj/Zlob-AKA
<Program Files>\NetProject\sbsm.exe - detected as Troj/Zlob-AKA
<Program Files>\NetProject\sbun.exe - detected as Troj/Zlob-AKA

The following registry entry is created to run sbmntr.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\explorer\run
start
<Program Files>\NetProject\sbmntr.exe

The file sbmdl.dll is registered as a COM object and Browser Helper Object (BHO) for Microsoft Internet Explorer, creating registry entries under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{7C109800-A5D5-438F-9640-18D17E168B88}
HKCR\CLSID\{7C109800-A5D5-438F-9640-18D17E168B88}

Troj/Zlob-AKA changes search settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer by modifying values under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{DAED9266-8C28-4C1C-8B58-5C66EFF1D302}\

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{9034A523-D068-4BE8-A284-9DF278BE776E}
MenuText
IE Anti-Spyware

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{9034A523-D068-4BE8-A284-9DF278BE776E}
Exec
http://www.<URLNotDisplayed>.com/redirect.php

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{9034A523-D068-4BE8-A284-9DF278BE776E}
CLSID
{1FBA04EE-3024-11d2-8F1F-0000F87ABD16}

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Secure Browsing
HKCU\Software\NetProject

Troj/Zlob-AKA provides an uninstall option which can be accessed via the Add or Remove Programs dialog in the Windows Control Panel. The software is listed as "Secure Browsing".

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