Trojan:Win32/Tobfy.N
Posted: February 13, 2013
Threat Metric
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Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
| Threat Level: | 9/10 |
|---|---|
| Infected PCs: | 81 |
| First Seen: | February 13, 2013 |
|---|---|
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Trojan:Win32/Tobfy.N is a ransomware Trojan that locks the affected computer and displays a fake full-screen pop-up image/alert on the desktop of the PC. The bogus Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) notification delivered by Trojan:Win32/Tobfy.N blames a computer user for the supposed storage of illegal material and breach of laws. Trojan:Win32/Tobfy.N demands a ransom from a victim to be paid via Green Dot MoneyPak to unlock the PC and avoid imprisonment. Trojan:Win32/Tobfy.N may make continuous changes to the infected computer system that make it difficult for a computer user to download, install, run, or update anti-virus programs. Trojan:Win32/Tobfy.N may be installed on the compromised machine by other PC threats, or it may proliferate via drive-by downloads from a hacked website. When executed, Trojan:Win32/Tobfy.N drops a malicious file and modifies the registry entry so that it can run its copy automatically every time you start Windows.
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:%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ifgxpers.exe
File name: ifgxpers.exeSize: 69.62 KB (69624 bytes)
MD5: bedf23926c3911bd4b3b31a983ea0dd1
Detection count: 39
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 14, 2013
file.exe
File name: file.exeSize: 75.52 KB (75527 bytes)
MD5: d0caf469608b419145e91378c3f5dd36
Detection count: 1
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 14, 2013
More files
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\{Value}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Adobe ARM" = "%APPDATA%\ifgxpers.exe"
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