Virus:TR/Drop.Cutwail.AK
Date discovered:18/08/2008
Type:Trojan
Subtype:Dropper
In the wild:Yes
Reported Infections:Low
Distribution Potential:Low
Damage Potential:Low to medium
Static file:No
IVDF version:7.00.06.27 - Monday, August 18, 2008

 General Method of propagation:
   • No own spreading routine


Aliases:
   •  Symantec: Trojan.Pandex
   •  Kaspersky: Trojan.Win32.Agent.zwx
   •  TrendMicro: TROJ_PANDEX.EB
   •  F-Secure: Trojan.Win32.Agent.zwx
   •  Sophos: Troj/Pushdo-Q
   •  Grisoft: Rootkit-Agent.AV
   •  VirusBuster: Trojan.Pandex.AG
   •  Eset: a variant of Win32/Wigon trojan
   •  Bitdefender: Trojan.Kobcka.EZ


Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 95
   • Windows 98
   • Windows 98 SE
   • Windows NT
   • Windows ME
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003


Side effects:
   • Drops a malicious file

 Files The following file is created:

– %TEMPDIR%\BN1.tmp Furthermore it gets executed after it was fully created. Further investigation pointed out that this file is malware, too. Detected as: TR/Drop.Cutwail.AL

 File details Runtime packer:
In order to aggravate detection and reduce size of the file it is packed with a runtime packer.

Description inserted by Thomas Wegele on Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Description updated by Thomas Wegele on Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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