TR/Drop.Cutwail.AK - Trojan

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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 - Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:59 (GMT+1)

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.

See a brief description here.

Description inserted by Thomas Wegele on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:31 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Thomas Wegele on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:36 (GMT+1)

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