Trojan.Horst

Trojan.Horst Description

Horst is a Trojan downloader and homepage hijacker believed to originate from the Ukraine. This Trojan secretly installs on your computer. After installation, it will download and install other malicious adware, Trojans, and viruses onto your computer without your knowledge or consent. It may also hijack and inject itself into system processes, using rootkit techniques. This Trojan will log your keystrokes and transmit this information from your computer to its creator. It is highly dangerous and should be removed immediately to protect your personal and financial information!

Aliases

Heuristic.Malware [Webwasher-Gateway]], [Sunbelt]Heuristic: Suspicious File With Persistence [Prevx1]W32/Horst.gen33 [F-Secure]Trojan.DownLoader.47648 [DrWeb]HEUR/Malware [AntiVir]Heuristic: Suspicious Browser Help Object [Prevx1]Suspicious file [Panda]W32/Horst.gen29 [F-Secure]W32/Downloader.F.gen!Eldorado [F-Prot]

More aliases (11)

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Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

#	File Name	Detection Count
1	LogicFunctions.dll	637
2	wha1.116.exe	431
3	LogicFunctions.dll	330
4	%ProgramFiles%\BurstWriting	262
5	CableRouting.dll	213
6	BurstWriting.dll	44

Registry Modifications

Tutorial: To edit and delete registry entries manually, read the tutorial on how to remove malicious registry entries.

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