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TROJ_BLAZEFIND.A
Overview

Malware type: Trojan

Aliases: Adware-IESearchBar (McAfee), Adware.BlazeFind (Symantec), TR/Dldr.Small.D.2 (Avira), Troj/BlazeFnd-B (Sophos),

In the wild: No

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:


Reported infections:

Damage potential:

Medium

Distribution potential:

Low

Description: 

This Trojan installs itself in the background while other processes are running. It downloads an executable file from the site http://omniscient.blazefind.com without the user's consent.

It creates the folder %Program Files%\WindowsSA where it puts all its downloaded components.

This Trojan may be used to download another malware and execute it on the targeted system.

It runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP.

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

Description created: Jun. 22, 2004 3:00:41 PM GMT -0800
Description updated: Aug. 11, 2004 5:23:15 PM GMT -0800

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