Trojan.Sidea

Trojan.Sidea is a Trojan Horse that steals information and sends it to a hacker by email. It is written in Microsoft Visual C++.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version June 11, 2003
• Latest Rapid Release version June 22, 2009 revision 066
• Initial Daily Certified version June 11, 2003
• Latest Daily Certified version June 19, 2009 revision 051
• 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