[virusinfo] Troj/Zlob-K

  • From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: virusinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 08:38:04 -0700

From; Sophos Alert System:

Name: Troj/Zlob-K
Aliases: Trojan.Zlob.B, Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Zlob.s, Downloader-XC
Type: Trojan
Date: 28 June 2005

Sophos has issued protection for Troj/Zlob-K.

At the time of writing, Sophos has received a small number of
reports of this Trojan 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.


Information about Troj/Zlob-K can be found at:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojzlobk.html

Troj/Zlob-K is a downloader Trojan. 
Troj/Zlob-K will contact predefined remote sites and download data. The Trojan 
may then download further executable files and run them. 
In order to run automatically each time Explorer initializes, Troj/Zlob-K will
set the following registry entry: 
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run
notepad.exe
msmsgs.exe 
In order to run automatically each time a user logs in, Troj/Zlob-K will add 
MSMSGS.EXE to the following registry entry: 
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Shell 
Troj/Zlob-K will attempt to hide its activity by injecting code into
EXPLORER.EXE. 

The Troj/Zlob-K virus identity file (IDE) includes detection for:


Troj/Delf-KO
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdelfko.html
W32/Rbot-AGM
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32rbotagm.html
Troj/Spidor-A
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojspidora.html
Troj/LdPinch-BH
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojldpinchbh.html
W32/Sdbot-ZV
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotzv.html
Troj/Dloader-PL
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdloaderpl.html
Troj/Lineage-U
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojlineageu.html
Troj/StartPa-ZB
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojstartpazb.html

Customers with 3.xx or lower versions of Sophos Anti-Virus, 
who are not running EM Library, can manually download the IDE
for Troj/Zlob-K from:

http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/zlob-k.ide

Read about how to use IDE files at
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/363.html


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