Sophos

W32/VB-EAD

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Removable storage devices
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from August 2008 (4.32)
Protection available since 24 June 2008 01:03:42 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/VB-EAD drops and registers the file <System>\mswinsck.ocx which is a clean Microsoft ActiveX control.

W32/VB-EAD copies itself to <Windows>\systemm4.exe

W32/VB-EAD creates the following files:
<Root>\boot.vbs - also detected as W32/VB-EAD
<Root>\autorun.inf - also detected as W32/VB-EAD

W32/VB-EAD creates the registry value
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Sys
<Windows>\systemm4.exe

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