W32.HLLW.Timese

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: December 9, 2003
Updated:: February 13, 2007 12:13:57 PM
Also Known As:: Win32.HLLW.Timese [Kaspersky], Timese [McAfee], Win32.Timese [Computer Associa, TROJ_TIMER [Trend]
Type:: Worm
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

W32.HLLW.Timese is a Trojan horse that displays the date and time on the active window's title bar. It sets itself to run at startup and attempts to copy itself to the floppy disk drive.

W32.HLLW.Timese is written in Visual Basic and is packed with ASPack.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version December 10, 2003
Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
Initial Daily Certified version December 10, 2003
Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
Initial Weekly Certified release date December 10, 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: Scott Gettis

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