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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 2 October 2007 17:24:22 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Hoxe-B is a worm for the Windows platform.
W32/Hoxe-B spreads to other network computers.
W32/Hoxe-B includes functionality to disable anti-virus applicatons, disable security center and steal passwords from Instant Messaging applications.
W32/Hoxe-B spreads to other network computers.
W32/Hoxe-B includes functionality to disable anti-virus applicatons, disable security center and steal passwords from Instant Messaging applications.
When first run W32/Hoxe-B copies itself to:
<Common Files>\services\svchost.exe
<Root>\io.pif
and creates the file <Root>\autorun.inf.
The file autorun.if is detected as W32/Hoxi-A.
The following registry entry is created to run W32/Hoxe-B on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
(default)
<Common Files>\Services\svchost.exe
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