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| | Category |  | PSW | | Discovered | | 3/7/2008 10:46:00 AM | | Modified | | 3/7/2008 11:58:00 AM | | Threat Level | | Critical | | Description | | This family of Trojans steal passwords, normally system passwords from victim machines. They search for system files which contain confidential information such as passwords and Internet access telephone numbers and then send this information to an email address coded into the body of the Trojan. The ‘master’ or user of the illegal program will then retrieve and misuse this information..Most common behavior:1. Ask for password using fake window2. Change ICQ, MSN, AOL configuration3.Get cached Windows passwords. | | Summary | | The hosts file was updated with the following url-to-ip mappings: n/a
The following http urls were started: n/a
Generated smtp traffic: n/a
Connection(s) established with remote IRC Server: n/a
The following hidden entries created: n/a
The following internet connection was established: n/a
| | When the PSW is executed, it creates the following files: | | Name | Version | Publisher | Signature (MD5) | File Size (in Bytes) | | ..\a0704a01.dll | | | 71f6ef4521ef795b47886714975a801a | 48128 |
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| | When the PSW is executed, it creates the following Registry entries: | | |
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