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VBS/BootConf

Dec 4, 2003 11:36PM PST

Discovery Date: 12/05/2003
Origin: Unknown
Length: 2,360 Bytes
Type: Trojan
SubType: VbScript

This threat is detected as VBS/BootConf. When the trojan script is executed, it will overwrite the existing HOSTS file in the windows directory and in the \drivers\etc\hosts directory found in the windows SYSTEM32 directory. The new information will redirect the following URLS, to a bogus IP address:

auto.search.msn.com
search.msn.com
msn.com
www.msn.com

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100865.htm

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