Troj/ZlobDrop-C

Aliases	Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.lb
Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Trojan
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


Affected operating systems	Windows
Characteristics	Drops more malware Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from	July 2005 (3.95)
Protection available since	28 May 2005 12:29:47 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/ZlobDrop-C is a dropper Trojan.

Troj/ZlobDrop-C will drop and run msmsgs.exe in the Windows system folder, currently detected as Troj/Zlob-H.

Troj/ZlobDrop-C will set the following registry entry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MSN Messenger
"msmsgs.exe"

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