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mssearchnet.exe


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What is it?

mssearchnet.exe is associated with the Trojan virus zlob.D

What does it do?

From semantec:

"When Trojan.Zlob.D is executed, it performs the following actions:

  1. Attempts to copy itself as the following file:

    %System%mssearchnet.exe

    Note: %System% is a variable that refers to the System folder. By default this is C:WindowsSystem (Windows 95/98/Me), C:WinntSystem32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:WindowsSystem32 (Windows XP).

  2. Drops the following file, which is a Windows type library:

    %System% compat.tlb

  3. Adds the value:

    "kernel32.dll" = "[TROJAN FILE NAME]"

    to the registry subkey:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorerRun

    in an attempt to ensure that it runs every time Windows starts... ..."

More info and removal:

Read more about Trojan.zlob.D and how to remove it [url=http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.zlob.d.html]@ Symantec[/url]


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