Troj/Zlob-GH

Aliases	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Zlob.ii
Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Trojan
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


Affected operating systems	Windows
Characteristics	Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since	11 March 2006 15:36:47 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

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

When Troj/Zlob-GH is installed it creates the files <System>\mscornet.exe and <system>\ld<random characters>.tmp, also detected as Troj/Zlob-GH.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\explorer\run
wininet.dll
mscornet.exe

Troj/Zlob-GH injects code into winlogon.exe to download files from predefined locations to <System>\1024\.

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