XP: Registry Keys, Malware
- From: "Scott" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:48:35 -0700
What role do registry keys play in malware? Is a registry key sufficient or
does there need to be a malware program on my computer?
Details.
I run Ad-Aware 2008 Free every week and on Aug 5 if found Virtumonde.
According to Lavasoft, this is in the top 5 of threats going around now.
File name: yacscom.dll in C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger
My notes do not mention that I checked to see if Ad-Aware also found
registry keys.
Before removing it, I tested AVG-Free, Spybot, and Yahoo Anti Spy and they
did not find Virtumonde. Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool did not
find anything with the July and August updates
Yahoo Anti Spy, however, did find 4 registry keys it identified as
hijackers.
One is ISTbar from a company called Internet Search Technologies:
hkey_local_machine \software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\internet
settings\zonemap\domains\contentmatch.net
Three were from Mirar. They had the exact form above but with different
domain names at the end: mirarseach.com, netnucleus.com, getmirar.com
Thanks for any info
Scott
Los Angeles
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