Sophos

W32/VB-DVW

Aliases
  • WORM_XBUTTER.A
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 13 June 2007 21:01:12 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/VB-DVW is a worm for the Windows platform.

When installed W32/VB-DVW copies itself to <Windows>\Help\schedl.exe and and various folders under different names like for example:

Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Programs.exe
Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Startup.exe
Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Start Menu.exe
Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Desktop.exe
RECYCLER\RECYCLER.exe
<Program Files>\ProgramFiles.exe

The following registry entry is set to run schedl.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
schedl
<Windows>\Help\schedl.exe

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