Trojan-Downloader.JS.Agent.bxr

Technical Details

This Trojan downloads another malicious program via the Internet and launches it on the victim machine without the user’s knowledge or consent. It is a Visual Basic Script file. It is 1159 bytes in size.

Payload

The Trojan downloads a file from the following link:

The file is then saved as follows:

The file is then launched for execution.

At the moment of writing, the link was not active.

Removal instructions

If your computer does not have an up-to-date antivirus, or does not have an antivirus solution at all, follow the instructions below to delete the malicious program:

1. Use Task Manager to terminate the malicious program’s process.
2. Delete the original Trojan file (the location will depend on how the program originally penetrated the victim machine).
3. Delete the following file:
   %Documents and Settings%\Local settings\Temporary Internet Files\svchosts.exe
4. Update your antivirus databases and perform a full scan of the computer (download a trial version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus).