Discovered: January 26, 2004
Updated: February 13, 2007 12:16:47 PM
Type: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP
VBS.StartPage.B is a Trojan horse that changes registry values, altering the Internet Explorer's start page, search page, histories, and it also displays a specified page every time the system starts.
The Trojan is written in Visual Basic Script (VBS).
Protection
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Initial Rapid Release version January 27, 2004
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Latest Rapid Release version July 12, 2008 revision 018
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Initial Daily Certified version January 27, 2004
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Latest Daily Certified version July 12, 2008 revision 019
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Initial Weekly Certified release date January 28, 2004
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Writeup By: Keiichi Ito