Malware type: Trojan

Aliases: Trojan-Downloader.Win32.WinShow.u (Kaspersky), Adware-SearchAid (McAfee), Adware.Iefeats (Symantec), TR/Dldr.WinShow.R.2 (Avira), Mal/Behav-116 (Sophos),

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: Yes

Language: English

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

Encrypted: No

Description: 

This Trojan registers itself on a system as valid browser helper object (BHO), which searches for all pages viewed by an affected user using the Internet browser.

It may delete certain files and registry entries. It may also change the IE search and home pages of the machine to a certain Web site.

This UPX-compressed malware runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP.

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Description created: Apr. 22, 2004 12:21:07 PM GMT -0800
Description updated: Oct. 14, 2004 8:40:27 PM GMT -0800

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