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Trojan.Goldun.K

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered: March 22, 2006
Updated: February 13, 2007 12:52:06 PM
Also Known As: TROJ_Hearse.A [Trend Micro], PWS-Banker.be [McAfee], Hearse.A [F-Secure]
Type: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP


Trojan.Goldun.K is a Trojan horse program that steals passwords and account informations and sends the information to a remote attacker. It uses rootkit techniques to hide any files and registry subkeys it creates.

Protection

  • Initial Rapid Release version March 23, 2006
  • Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
  • Initial Daily Certified version March 23, 2006
  • Latest Daily Certified version January 20, 2009 revision 048
  • Initial Weekly Certified release date March 29, 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: Hyun Choi
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