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Troj/Zlob-AQL

Aliases
  • Win32/TrojanDownloader.Zlob.CUH
  • Puper trojan
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 5 November 2008 18:13:07 (GMT)
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More Information

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

Troj/Zlob-AQL includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When Troj/Zlob-AQL is installed it creates the file <Current Folder>\wcm.exe. This file is also detected as Troj/Zlob-AQL.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Zlob-AQL on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\explorer\run
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<pathname of the Trojan executable>

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\Applications

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