Troj.Polyglot

Troj.Polyglot is a Trojan horse program that comes as an email attachment Y2Kcount.exe. The email message is disguised as a message from Microsoft Support. This message is not from Microsoft. The attached Y2Kcount.exe program is a self-extracting Trojan horse program.

The message contains the following message:

To All Microsoft Users,

We are excited to announce Microsoft Year 2000 counter.
Start the countdown now.  Let us all get in the 21
Century. Let us lead the way to the future and we
will get you there FASTER and SAFER.

Thank you,
Microsoft Corporation

Symantec AntiVirus Research Center's Scan and Deliver received this Trojan horse for the first time on September 15, 1999.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version September 19, 1999
• Latest Rapid Release version January 18, 2008 revision 040
• Initial Daily Certified version September 19, 1999
• Latest Daily Certified version June 17, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Weekly Certified release date pending

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low