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W32/Kelvir-BA

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Chat programs
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 17 November 2005 09:33:02 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Kelvir-BA is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

W32/Kelvir-BA includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

W32/Kelvir-BA may attempt to spread through Microsoft Messenger.

W32/Kelvir-BA may install a new version of the file <System>\Msinet.ocx.

The following registry entry is created to run W32/Kelvir-BA on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
FindHack
<pathname of the Trojan executable>

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