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Trojan.Meheerwar

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered: February 21, 2006
Updated: February 13, 2007 12:51:28 PM
Type: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP


Trojan.Meheerwar is a Trojan horse that modifies Internet Explorer settings and creates empty folders. It also swaps the right and left buttons of the mouse.

Protection

  • Initial Rapid Release version February 21, 2006
  • Latest Rapid Release version August 2, 2008 revision 020
  • Initial Daily Certified version February 21, 2006
  • Latest Daily Certified version January 20, 2009 revision 048
  • Initial Weekly Certified release date February 22, 2006

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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: Moderate

Damage

  • Damage Level: Low

Distribution

  • Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Masaki Suenaga
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