Win32/Qhost [Threat Name]
| Detection created | 2005-02-03 |
| World activity peak | 2015-07-28 (23.64 %) |
Short description
Win32/Qhost is a trojan that prevents access to certain web sites and reroutes traffic to certain IP addresses.
Other information
The trojan modifies the following file:
- %system%\drivers\etc\hosts
The trojan may redirect the user to the attacker's web sites.
Threat Variants with Description
| Threat Variant Name | Date Added | Threat Type | |
| Win32/Qhost.ZR | 2007-11-28 | trojan | |
| Win32/Qhost.PEV | 2012-04-17 | trojan | |
| Win32/Qhost.PDQ | 2011-04-13 | trojan | |
| Win32/Qhost.PCZ | 2011-03-13 | trojan | |
| Win32/Qhost.OLT | 2011-09-02 | trojan | |
| Win32/Qhost.NSN | 2010-02-20 | trojan | |
| Win32/Qhost.NQU | 2009-12-09 | trojan | |
| Win32/Qhost.NQT | 2009-12-09 | trojan | |
| Win32/Qhost.LFS | 2009-03-19 | trojan |