Trojan.Boxed.B

Trojan.Boxed.B is a variant of Trojan.Boxed.A. This Trojan horse performs a Denial of Service (DoS) attack on certain Web sites. DoS attacks are used to deny legitimate users access to a Web site.

Trojan.Boxed.B differs from Trojan.Boxed.A in the service name that it creates. Also, this variant does not attempt to delete existing services.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version June 16, 2004
• Latest Rapid Release version March 31, 2009 revision 036
• Initial Daily Certified version June 16, 2004
• Latest Daily Certified version April 15, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date June 16, 2004

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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