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W32/KillAv-EO

Aliases
  • Trojan.Win32.KillAV.jr
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 28 April 2008 14:19:54 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/KillAv-EO is a worm for the Windows platform.

The following registry entry is created to run W32/KillAv-EO on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Svcs: Dnscache
<pathname of the worm executable>

The following registry entry is set:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InformationBar
FirstTime
0

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