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- Discovered:
- June 30, 2003
- Updated:
- February 13, 2007 12:03:09 PM
- Type:
- Trojan Horse
- Systems Affected:
- Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP
The Trojan.Poetas Trojan horse:
- Causes system instability and can cause your computer to crash.
- Copies itself to the predetermined folders on all the local drives.
- Is not network aware.
- After Trojan.Poetas copies itself, it launches the file that it copied. Eventually this process depletes the system resources, causing the system to crash.
- Is written in the Delphi programming language.
Antivirus Protection Dates
- Initial Rapid Release version July 1, 2003
- Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
- Initial Daily Certified version July 1, 2003
- Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
- Initial Weekly Certified release date July 2, 2003
Click here for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.
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: Maryl Magee
