Infostealer.Metafisher

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: February 16, 2006
Updated:: February 13, 2007 12:53:58 PM
Also Known As:: Trojan-PSW.Win32.Agent.{eo, ey, fg, fl} [Kaspersky Lab], Spy-Agent.ak [McAfee], Troj/PWS-{EC, EJ} [Sophos], TSPY_AGENT.{AMD, BGN} [Trend Micro]
Type:: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Infostealer.Metafisher is a Trojan horse that exploits the Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine WMF Format Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability (as described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-001) to download remote files. The Trojan also sends bank account and personal information to remote servers.

Note: Virus definitions dated prior to February 17, 2006 may detect this as Download.Trojan.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version February 17, 2006
Latest Rapid Release version March 1, 2011 revision 037
Initial Daily Certified version February 17, 2006 revision 002
Latest Daily Certified version March 2, 2011 revision 002
Initial Weekly Certified release date February 22, 2006

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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

Writeup By: Elia Florio

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