[virusinfo] Re: Sophos Anti-Virus IDE alert: W32/Traxg-B
- From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: virusinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 08:29:32 -0700
From; Sophos Alert System:
Name: W32/Traxg-B
Aliases: WORM_VB.F
Type: Win32 worm
Date: 28 June 2005
Sophos has issued protection for W32/Traxg-B.
At the time of writing, Sophos has received a small number of
reports of this worm from the wild.
Customers using EM Library, Enterprise Console, PureMessage or
any of our Sophos small business solutions will be automatically
protected at their next scheduled update.
Note: The IDE issued for W32/Traxg-B at 07:56 GMT on 24 Dec 2004
also contained detection for Troj/NuclRat-B, Troj/LdPinch-FU,
W32/Rbot-MX, Troj/Agent-AD, Troj/LdPinch-AC, Troj/Dropper-H,
Troj/Dloader-CX, W32/Forbot-BG and W32/Forbot-BH. This IDE has
now been updated to enhance detection of Troj/Dloader-CX.
Information about W32/Traxg-B can be found at:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32traxgb.html
W32/Traxg-B is a worm that attempts to spread using Microsoft Outlook.
W32/Traxg-B copies itself to several locations using randomly generated
filenames and creates the following registry entry in order to run on Windows
startup:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\TempCom
W32/Traxg-B may set the following registry entries in order to modify the
behaviour of Windows Explorer:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\
Hidden = 0
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\
HideFileExt = 1
W32/Traxg-B may create the file c:\folder.htt. This file may be deleted.
The W32/Traxg-B virus identity file (IDE) includes detection for:
Troj/NuclRat-B
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojnuclratb.html
Troj/LdPinch-FU
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojldpinchfu.html
W32/Rbot-MX
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32rbotmx.html
Troj/Agent-AD
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojagentad.html
Troj/LdPinch-AC
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojldpinchac.html
Troj/Dropper-H
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdropperh.html
Troj/Dloader-CX
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdloadercx.html
W32/Forbot-BG
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32forbotbg.html
W32/Forbot-BH
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32forbotbh.html
Customers with 3.xx or lower versions of Sophos Anti-Virus,
who are not running EM Library, can manually download the IDE
for W32/Traxg-B from:
http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/traxg-b.ide
Read about how to use IDE files at
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/363.html
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