Sophos

W32/Dref-B

Aliases
  • Email-Worm.Win32.Zhelatin.vh
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from April 2008 (4.28)
Protection available since 14 February 2008 14:58:41 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/Dref-B is a worm for the Windows platform.

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

When first run W32/Dref-B copies itself to <System>\wind32.exe and creates the file <System>\dllgh8jkd1q8.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run wind32.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
System
<System>\wind32.exe

The following registry entry is set, disabling system software:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableTaskMgr
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