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 *********** MIKE"S REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/worm_removal.htm See my Anti-Virus pages http://virusinfo.hackfix.org/index <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> A Technical Support Alliance and OWTA Charter Member