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TROJ_PEPER.A
Overview

Malware type: Trojan

Aliases: Trojan-Downloader.Win32.VB.q (Kaspersky), Adware-MemWatcher (McAfee), Adware.Quadro (Symantec), TR/Dldr.VB.Q.2 (Avira), Troj/WebDL-VF (Sophos),

In the wild: No

Destructive: No

Language: English

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

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:


Reported infections:

Damage potential:

High

Distribution potential:

Low

Description: 

This Trojan requests certain downloads from a specific site that is more likely controlled by its author. The downloads, which can change any time, are currently updated copies of this Trojan program.

It also attempts to download and open pop-up ads from the Internet, which may take up system resources and slowdown the system.

This memory-resident malware runs on Windows 95, 98, NT, ME, 2000 and XP.

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Solution
Technical Details

Description created: Sep. 22, 2003 11:26:24 AM GMT -0800
Description updated: Sep. 24, 2003 7:53:18 PM GMT -0800

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