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nvctrl.exe


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What is it?

nvctrl.exe is associated with several variants of the Trojan.zlob browser hijacker.

What does it do?

From Symantec:

"When Trojan.Zlob.E is executed, it perfroms the following actions:


Drops the following files:


%System% compat.tlb
%System%msvol.tlb
%System%hp[RANDOM].tmp

Notes:
%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).
The variable [RANDOM] refers to a sequence of 4 randomly generated numbers or letters.


Adds the value:

"nvctrl.exe" = "nvctrl.exe"

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's hijacker variants and how to remove them [url=http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.zlob.e.html]@ Symantec[/url]


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nvctrl.exe is Spyware!

Startup DB Entries:
[nvctrl.exe]"Added by the ZLOB.G TROJAN!" b

Service DB Entries:
Nothing Found

Disclaimer

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