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Trojan.Win32.Cossta.hov

Posted: April 14, 2011

Trojan.Win32.Cossta.hov is a nasty computer trojan that is generated to enable a criminal gain remote access to a compromised computer system for your personal or confidential data, such as your ID numbers, credit card passwords, full name, birthday date, email address, driver's license number and genetic information. Trojan.Win32.Cossta.hov is advertised through the use of malware that installs it automatically onto your computer and through web sites that simulate to be online anti-malware scanners. Trojan.Win32.Cossta.hov usually imitates to scan computer system, prevents certain programs from executing, shows warning messages and connects to criminal web pages that sell the application. It is important to remove Trojan.Win32.Cossta.hov as quickly as possible to evade data loss and files infection.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 %PROGRAM_FILES%\Trojan.Win32.Cossta.hov
    2 c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Trojan.Win32.Cossta.hov\
    3 c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Trojan.Win32.Cossta.hov\

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Trojan.Win32.Cossta.hov
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