Trojan.WinReboot

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: September 24, 2002
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:51:44 AM
Type:: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected:: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me

Trojan.WinReboot is a Trojan horse that causes Windows to continuously restart the computer at the end of the startup process. Because it is written in Visual Basic, it requires the VB runtime libraries to execute. Also, Windows must be installed in C:\Windows.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version September 25, 2002
Latest Rapid Release version October 5, 2010 revision 032
Initial Daily Certified version September 25, 2002 revision 041
Latest Daily Certified version October 5, 2010 revision 002
Initial Weekly Certified release date September 25, 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: Moderate

Damage

Damage Level: Low

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Jari Kytojoki

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