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Trojan.Win32/Vundo.gen!X

Posted: April 28, 2011

Trojan.Win32/Vundo.gen!X is classified as a computer Trojan horse that is known to render fictitious error messages. Trojan.Win32/Vundo.gen!X is part of a set of Trojans that can put malicious code into the memory of a PC allowing remote attackers to gain access to it. Additionally, Trojan.Win32/Vundo.gen!X may lead to theft of data stored on the hard drive of a system infected with Trojan.Win32/Vundo.gen!X.

What does Trojan.Win32/Vundo.gen!X do?

Computer users faced with their system being infected by Trojan.Win32/Vundo.gen!X may think that it has been taken over by zombies. They would not be too far off from that thought considering how Trojan.Win32/Vundo.gen!X may allow a hacker over the internet to infiltrate the infected PC. Other instances that computer users may experience from Trojan.Win32/Vundo.gen!X is various playing of media files or loading of random websites.

Trojan.Win32/Vundo.gen!X has also been indentified to have rootkit characteristics by embedding itself making it difficult to remove. Manual detection and removal of Trojan.Win32/Vundo.gen!X can be near impossible for a novice computer user which is why the recommendation of using a spyware removal tool should be considered. Acting promptly to remove Trojan.Win32/Vundo.gen!X would be wise considering how much damage can occur from Trojan.Win32/Vundo.gen!X laying resident on a computer for even a short period of time.

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Active StateHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce*WinLogonHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\ATLEvents.ATLEventsHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\ATLEvents.ATLEvents.1HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{02F96FB7-8AF6-439B-B7BA-2F952F9E4800}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{02F96FB7-8AF6-439B-B7BA-2F952F9E4800}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{2316230A-C89C-4BCC-95C2-66659AC7A775}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{8109AF33-6949-4833-8881-43DCC232B7B2}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2316230A-C89C-4BCC-95C2-66659AC7A775}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8109AF33-6949-4833-8881-43DCC232B7B2}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce*[FILENAME]
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