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SWF_DLOADER.YVM
Overview

Malware type: Others

Aliases: Trojan-Downloader.SWF.Small.aw (Kaspersky), Troj/SWFdlr-Gen (Sophos),

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:


Reported infections:

Damage potential:

Medium

Distribution potential:

Low

Description: 

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To get a one-glance comprehensive view of the behavior of this malware, refer to the Behavior Diagram shown below.

SWF_DLOADER.YVM Behavior Diagram

Malware Overview

This malicious Shockwave Flash (.SWF) object is downloaded from a remote Web site.

Certain commands are executed on the system upon execution to load certain .SWF files. Trend Micro detects the loaded files as SWF_DLOADER.YVN. As a result, malicious routines of the loaded files are also exhibited on the affected system.

SWF_DLOADER.YVN exploits a known vulnerability, which is also found in Adobe Flash Player.

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Solution
Technical Details

Description created: May. 28, 2008 5:59:57 AM GMT -0800

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