Trojan.Loome

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: October 20, 2003
Updated:: February 13, 2007 12:12:26 PM
Type:: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

Trojan.Loome is a Trojan Horse that drops a .dll detected as Spyware.Look2Me. Then, it ends the Explorer.exe process to load the .dll, which crashes Windows 2000/XP.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version October 21, 2003
Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
Initial Daily Certified version October 21, 2003
Latest Daily Certified version August 20, 2008 revision 016
Initial Weekly Certified release date October 22, 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: Difficult

Damage

Damage Level: Low

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Scott Gettis

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