Troj/Zbot-BUS
Posted: May 4, 2012
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 |
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| Infected PCs: | 37 |
| First Seen: | May 4, 2012 |
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| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Troj/Zbot-BUS is a Trojan that is a part of a spam email attack associated with the Better Business Bureau (BBB). The spam email claims to come from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) with the aim of infecting Windows computers with Troj/Zbot-BUS. The fake email includes a malicious attachment, the 'BBB Report.zip' file, that contains Troj/Zbot-BUS. The emails differ in their words, but all declare that a consumer has complained about the company receiving the email. The details of the complaint, of course, are included into the attached malicious file. If a PC users opens the attached malicious file, his/her computer is corrupted by Troj/Zbot-BUS. You should remove Troj/Zbot-BUS immediately after detection with a genuine anti-malware tool.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run SunJavaUpdateSched = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\svchost.exe
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