Bneo.Trojan

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: August 22, 2002
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:40:03 AM
Also Known As:: MSN.Trojan
Type:: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

Bneo.Trojan is a group of Trojan horses that are created specifically to work under MSN Messenger. Some variants of this Trojan might also open ports to allow a hacker to gain access to the infected computer.

NOTE: Definitions prior to August 23, 2002 will detect this threat as MSN.Trojan.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version August 23, 2002
Latest Rapid Release version January 19, 2009 revision 039
Initial Daily Certified version August 23, 2002
Latest Daily Certified version January 19, 2009 revision 052
Initial Weekly Certified release date August 28, 2002

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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

Writeup By: Gor Nazaryan

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