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Published Nov 06, 2007 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

TrojanDownloader:Win32/VB.BE

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Win32/DlVapidab.F (CA) Trojan-Downloader.Win32.VB.bql (Kaspersky) TFactory (McAfee) W32/VBTroj.IKL (Norman) Trojan.Fakealert (Sunbelt Software) TROJ_VB.FOS (Trend Micro) Trojan.DL.VB.AASU (VirusBuster)

Summary

TrojanDownloader:Win32/VB.BE is a trojan that downloads and executes another trojan from a remote Web site. We have received reports that this trojan was distributed in the wild on MySpace with a malicious link referring to the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT).
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may have been installed, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the Microsoft Safety Scanner (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=212742). For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/vista.mspx.
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