Trojan.FireAnvil

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: September 11, 2002
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:54:52 AM
Also Known As:: Trojan.Win32.FireAnvil [AVP], Troj/FireAnv-A [Sophos], FireAnvil application [McAfee]
Type:: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

Trojan.FireAnvil is a detection of a particular release of the commercial product Firehand Ember v5.2.3 by Firehand Technologies Corporation. The detection affects two files: Ember32.exe and Fireutil.dll. These files contain built-in functionality that may lead to complete data corruption on a partition on which Windows is installed.

As of September 12, 2002, the download currently available from the Firehand Technologies Corporation website does not have this Trojan functionality.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version September 11, 2002
Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
Initial Daily Certified version September 11, 2002
Latest Daily Certified version August 20, 2008 revision 016
Initial Weekly Certified release date September 11, 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: High

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Serghei Sevcenco

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