Malware type: Trojan

Aliases: Trojan-Downloader.SWF.Gida.a (Kaspersky), Generic Downloader.bk (McAfee), Downloader (Symantec), SWF/Dldr.Gida.A (Avira), Troj/Gida-A (Sophos),

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

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

Encrypted: No

Description: 

This Trojan is hosted in certain Web sites.

It is a shockwave flash file that is capable of downloading malicious files. It also inserts a malicious script on a viewed Web page.

It also inserts malicious javascript on a viewed Web page wherein it uses IFRAME tags with advertised URLs aimed to promote rogue antispyware applications.

It accesses Web sites to download possibly malicious files. However, as of this writing, the said sites are now inaccessible.

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Description created: Jan. 15, 2008 7:03:57 AM GMT -0800

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