EIC.Trojan

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: June 28, 2001
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:59:48 AM
Type:: Trojan Horse

This Trojan horse damages the hard drive boot sector. It is a DOS program that is 68 bytes in length. Parts of the code are very similar to the Standard Antivirus Test File (EICAR).

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version June 28, 2001
Latest Rapid Release version November 4, 2010 revision 052
Initial Daily Certified version June 28, 2001
Latest Daily Certified version November 4, 2010 revision 057
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: Difficult

Damage

Damage Level: Low

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Gor Nazaryan

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