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

Description: 

This Trojan may be downloaded from remote sites by other malware. It may be dropped by other malware. It may also be downloaded unknowingly by a user when visiting malicious Web sites.

It drops copies of itself upon execution. Through system registry modification, it then registers itself as a system service to ensure its automatic execution at every system startup.

It accesses URLs to download TROJ_MUTANT.EW and TROJ_FAKEALER.FN. As a result, malicious routines of the downloaded files are exhibited on the affected system.

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Description created: Aug. 9, 2008 5:37:26 AM GMT -0800

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