Discovered: August 22, 2002
Updated: February 13, 2007 11:40:03 AM
Also Known As: MSN.Trojan
Type: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP
Bneo.Trojan is a group of Trojan horses that are created specifically to work under MSN Messenger. Some variants of this Trojan might also open ports to allow a hacker to gain access to the infected computer.
NOTE: Definitions prior to August 23, 2002 will detect this threat as MSN.Trojan.
Protection
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Initial Rapid Release version August 23, 2002
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Latest Rapid Release version January 19, 2009 revision 039
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Initial Daily Certified version August 23, 2002
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Latest Daily Certified version January 19, 2009 revision 052
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Initial Weekly Certified release date August 28, 2002
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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: Gor Nazaryan