Virus:TR/Lowzones.SG
Date discovered:30/05/2008
Type:Trojan
In the wild:No
Reported Infections:Low
Distribution Potential:Low
Damage Potential:Low
Static file:Yes
File size:2.560 Bytes
MD5 checksum:43d29843431b3ff90E287657f6547439
IVDF version:7.00.04.117 - Friday, May 30, 2008

 General Method of propagation:
   • No own spreading routine


Aliases:
   •  Symantec: Trojan.LowZones
   •  Sophos: Troj/Privacy-A
   •  Panda: Spyware/Virtumonde
   •  Grisoft: Agent.VNA
   •  VirusBuster: Trojan.LowZones.PX
   •  Eset: Win32/PrivacySet.B trojan
   •  Bitdefender: Trojan.LowZones.SG


Platforms / OS:
   • Windows NT
   • Windows ME
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003


Side effects:
   • Lowers security settings
   • Registry modification

 Registry The following registry key is changed:

Lower security settings from Internet Explorer:
– [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\
   Zones\3]
   Old value:
   • "{AEBA21FA-782A-4A90-978D-B72164C80120}"=hex:%hex values%
   • "{A8A88C49-5EB2-4990-A1A2-0876022C854F}"=hex:%hex values%
   New value:
   • "{AEBA21FA-782A-4A90-978D-B72164C80120}"=hex:1a,37,61,59,23,52,35,0c,7a,5f,20,\
   • 17,2f,1e,1a,19,0e,2b,01,73,13,37,13,12,14,1a,15,2a
   • "{A8A88C49-5EB2-4990-A1A2-0876022C854F}"=hex:1a,37,61,59,23,52,35,0c,7a,5f,20,\
   • 17,2f,1e,1a,19,0e,2b,01,73,13,37,13,12,14,1a,15,2a

 File details Programming language:
 The malware program was written in MS Visual C++.

Description inserted by Thomas Wegele on Thursday, June 5, 2008
Description updated by Thomas Wegele on Thursday, June 5, 2008

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