Trojan.Arposon

Trojan.Arposon is a Trojan horse that performs an ARP poisoning attack in order to download a copy of W32.Pagipef.I onto the compromised computer.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version February 13, 2008 revision 035
• Latest Rapid Release version November 19, 2009 revision 036
• Initial Daily Certified version February 1, 2008 revision 007
• Latest Daily Certified version November 19, 2009 revision 040
• Initial Weekly Certified release date February 6, 2008

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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: Medium
• Payload: Performs an ARP poisoning attack on the local network to infect other computers. It also downloads another threat on to the compromised computer.

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low