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Trojan.VB.AQT

MEDIUM
VERY LOW
20480
(Trojan.Fakerecy W32/VBTroj FakeRecycled trojan)

Symptoms

Presence of directory Recycled with read-only and System attributes in the root directories of all write accesible drives.
Presence of file autorun.inf read-only, hidden  and System attributes in the root directories of all write accessible drives.
Presence of file ctfmon.exe in StartUp directory in StartMenu of the current User.
Reappearing of these items after deleting.

Removal instructions:

Please let BitDefender disinfect your files.

Analyzed By

Suiu Andrei, virus researcher

Technical Description:

When executed, the virus copies itself in mentioned locations and  in the [disk]:\Recycled\Recycled\ctfmon.exe
and remains resident in memory scanning for appearing of new write accesible drives.  Once a new disk drive appears, it infects it and the virus may infect other systems when the infected removable drive is plugged and autorun options is enabled.