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Trojan.Malcol

Posted: May 20, 2011

Trojan.Malcol is a malicious computer trojan that may represent security risk for both the affected PC system and its network environment. Trojan.Malcol invades and installs the targeted computer without a user's knowledge or consent when he/she opens unidentified email attachment, an image, etc. Trojan.Malcol gets downloaded automatically on visiting infected web pages or downloading malicious zip files from the Internet. Trojan.Malcol is actually a code which when downloaded to the victim's PC gets attached to the system files and changes its settings. System files that are found to be realted to Trojan.Malcol are considered malicious. Trojan.Malcol open ports on the computer and contact with a remote server that can even enable the attacker gain remote access to the corrupted computer. Remove Trojan.Malcol as quickly as possible from your computer before it could damage your system.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 %ProgramFiles%\NewVC\libmysql.dll
    2 %ProgramFiles%\NewVC\NewVCDB\NewVCData000.cft-NewVCData042.cft
    3 %ProgramFiles%\NewVC\newvceye.exe
    4 %ProgramFiles%\NewVC\newvcicon.ico
    5 %ProgramFiles%\NewVC\newvcup.exe
    6 %ProgramFiles%\NewVC\newvcup.exe.zgz
    7 %ProgramFiles%\NewVC\newvcux.exe
    8 %ProgramFiles%\NewVC\uninstall.exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Local AppWizard-Generated ApplicationsHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Local AppWizard-Generated Applications\NewVaccineHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Local AppWizard-Generated Applications\NewVaccine\SettingsHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UninstallHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NewVCHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NewVC\NewVCeyeHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NewVC\SetupHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NewVC\UpdateHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}NewVC
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