Malware type: Trojan

Aliases: Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Adload.dq (Kaspersky), DR/Agent.abs (Avira), W32/DownloaderX.AFNH (exact) (F-Prot),

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

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

Encrypted: No

Description: 

This Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware, or downloaded by an unsuspecting user when visiting malicious Web sites.

Upon execution, it drops a file named TASKLIST.DLL, which is also detected by Trend Micro as TROJ_ADLOAD.IE, in the Windows system folder.

This Trojan attempts to download possibly malicious files from specific URLs. However, the said URLs are unavailable as of this writing.

It has rootkit capabalities which enable it to hide its processes and component files.

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Description created: Aug. 14, 2006 5:43:06 AM GMT -0800

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