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TROJ_SOEX.A
Overview

Malware type: Trojan

Aliases: Backdoor.Win32.VB.sh (Kaspersky), W32/Generic.worm!irc (McAfee), IRC Trojan (Symantec), BDS/VB.SH (Avira), Troj/VB-ASH (Sophos),

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

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

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:


Reported infections:

Damage potential:

Low

Distribution potential:

Low

Description: 

This Trojan attempts to drop a malicious IRC (Internet Relay Chat) script to facilitate its spread through IRC. The said script is designed to send a link that points to the Trojan file to other users who are in the same IRC channel as the infected user.

However, due to possible code errors, current samples that were tested failed to execute the file dropping routine.

This malware displays a message box after a few minutes then terminates itself.

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

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

Description created: Mar. 8, 2004 7:57:53 AM GMT -0800
Description updated: Mar. 8, 2004 7:58:00 AM GMT -0800

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