Hacktool.PWS.QQPass

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: March 12, 2003
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:44:20 AM
Type:: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

Hacktool.PWS.QQPass is a Trojan creation tool. The Trojans created with this tool can be programmed to steal dial-up networking telephone numbers and passwords, as well as the passwords of OICQ, which is a popular Chinese chat program. The filename of the file detected as Hacktool.PWS.QQPass consists of five random letters with the .exe extension.

Then, the Trojan sends this information to a specified set of email addresses.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version March 13, 2003
Latest Rapid Release version May 22, 2012 revision 048
Initial Daily Certified version March 13, 2003 revision 002
Latest Daily Certified version May 23, 2012 revision 002
Initial Weekly Certified release date March 19, 2003

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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: Yana Liu

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