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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 27 April 2006 20:38:12 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Troj/Zlob-IK is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/Zlob-IK changes Start Page and search settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Troj/Zlob-IK is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
When Troj/Zlob-IK is installed the following files are created:
<Windows system folder>\simpole.tlb
<Windows system folder>\hp<rnd>.tmp
where <rnd> is a randomly generated string of characters. These files are also detected as Troj/Zlob-IK.
The file hp<rnd>.tmp 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\{b0398eca-0bcd-4645-8261-5e9dc70248d0}
HKCR\CLSID\{B0398ECA-0BCD-4645-8261-5E9DC70248D0}
Troj/Zlob-IK changes Start Page and search settings for Microsoft Internet
Explorer by modifying values under:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper
Objects\{b0398eca-0bcd-4645-8261-5e9dc70248d0}\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper
Objects\{b0398eca-0bcd-4645-8261-5e9dc70248d0}\(default)
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\explorer\run
dcomcfg.exe
dcomcfg.exe
