Discovered: 16 August 2006
Updated: 13 February 2007 12:58:15 PM
Type: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Backdoor.Papi is a Trojan horse that steals sensitive information from the compromised computer.
This Trojan is known to be dropped by
Trojan.Tarodrop, which exploits a vulnerability in the Ichitaro Document Viewer program.
Virus definitions dated August, 23, 2006 or earlier may detect this threat as Infostealer.Papi.
Protection
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Initial Rapid Release version 17 August 2006
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Latest Rapid Release version 23 November 2009 revision 003
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Initial Daily Certified version 17 August 2006
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Latest Daily Certified version 23 November 2009 revision 005
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Initial Weekly Certified release date 23 August 2006
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Threat Assessment
Wild
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Wild Level: Low
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Number of Infections: 0 - 49
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Number of Sites: 0 - 2
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Geographical Distribution: Low
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Threat Containment: Easy
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Removal: Easy
Damage
Distribution
Writeup By: John Canavan