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Troj/Zlob-QF

Aliases
  • Win32/TrojanDownloader.Zlob.SA
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 4 August 2006 14:41:27 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

Troj/Zlob-QF changes search settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Troj/Zlob-QF is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/Zlob-QF is installed the following files are created:
<System>\issearch.exe
<System>\ixt0.dll

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\explorer\run
issearch.exe
issearch.exe

The file ixt0.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\(7fcf04b6-6354-47ef-b45e-a48268e92757)
HKCR\CLSID\(7fcf04b6-6354-47ef-b45e-a48268e92757)

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

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search\

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