Trojan.Wintrash

Trojan.Wintrash is a Gentee installer which drops files that damage Windows. It causes Windows to restart immediately each time you try to start it. This Trojan also disables critical registry keys.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version June 18, 2004
• Latest Rapid Release version June 18, 2004
• Initial Daily Certified version June 18, 2004
• Latest Daily Certified version June 18, 2004
• Initial Weekly Certified release date June 19, 2004

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: Difficult

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low