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TROJ_APPTOM.C
Overview

Malware type: Trojan

Aliases: No Alias Found

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:


Reported infections:

Damage potential:

Low

Distribution potential:

Low

Description: 

This Trojan is Trend Micro's detection for specially-crafted PowerPoint (.PPT) files that attempt to exploit the vulnerabilty described in the following link:

It arrives as attachment to email messages spammed by another malware or a malicious user.

It then executes the dropped file(s). As a result, malicious routines of the dropped files are exhibited on the affected system. It drops and executes certain files.

For additional information about this threat, see:
Solution
Technical Details

Description created: Jun. 18, 2009 1:17:18 AM GMT -0800

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