Malware type: Trojan

Aliases: Trojan.Win32.DNSChanger.dbo (Kaspersky), Trojan.Zlob (Symantec),

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003

Encrypted: Yes

Description: 

This Trojan is dropped by TROJ_ZLOB.CCW.

Once executed, this Trojan changes a machine's Domain Name System (DNS) settings through registry query and modification. Since the DNS is responsible for translating domain names into IP addresses, modifying its settings, along with the system's Internet settings, allows the machine to visit various Web sites.

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Description created: May. 10, 2008 2:11:41 AM GMT -0800

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