W32.Makecall.Trojan

W32.Makecall.Trojan is a Trojan Horse that is written in Visual Basic. It attempts to connect to a BBS service, which could cause excessive charges on your phone bill. The existence of the file sharedprem.exe is an indication of a possible infection.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version April 1, 2003
• Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version April 1, 2003
• Latest Daily Certified version January 20, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date April 2, 2003

Click here for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.

Threat Assessment

Wild

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

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low