Win32/Mephet [Threat Name] go to Threat

Win32/Mephet.B [Threat Variant Name]

Category trojan
Size 159744 B
Aliases Trojan-Spy.Win32.Agent.bqxr (Kaspersky)
  Trojan:Win32/Orsam!rts (Microsoft)
Short description

Win32/Mephet.B is a trojan that prevents access to certain web sites and reroutes traffic to certain IP addresses.

Installation

The trojan does not create any copies of itself.


The following Registry entry is set:

  • [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\­Software\­Microsoft\­Internet Explorer\­TabbedBrowsing]
    • "ShortcutBehavior" = 2
Other information

Win32/Mephet.B is a trojan that prevents access to certain web sites and reroutes traffic to certain IP addresses.


When the user enters certain keywords into the browser, the trojan opens certain URLs related to them.


The trojan affects the behavior of the following applications:

  • Internet Explorer
  • Mozilla Firefox

The trojan contains a list of (1042) URLs.

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