Trojan.Dozer

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered: July 8, 2009

Updated: July 11, 2009 1:47:04 AM

Type: Trojan

Infection Length: 67,072 bytes

Systems Affected: Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows Vista, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000

Trojan.Dozer is a Trojan horse that performs distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

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Born on the 4th of July

Protection

Initial Rapid Release version July 8, 2009 revision 019
Latest Rapid Release version August 4, 2009 revision 050
Initial Daily Certified version July 8, 2009 revision 021
Latest Daily Certified version August 5, 2009 revision 004
Initial Weekly Certified release date July 15, 2009

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Threat Assessment

Wild

Wild Level: Medium
Number of Infections: 1000+
Number of Sites: 10+
Geographical Distribution: High
Threat Containment: Easy
Removal: Easy

Damage

Damage Level: Low
Payload: Opens a back door on the compromised computer.
Deletes Files: Deletes certain files from the computer.
Modifies Files: Encrypts certain files on the computer.
Degrades Performance: Performs a distributed denial of service attack which may degrade performance.

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Mario Ballano, Liam O Murchu, Kazumasa Itabashi, and Mircea Ciubotariu

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