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Downloader-FM

Feb 11, 2004 4:15AM PST

Date Discovered: 11/27/2003
Date Added: 2/11/2004
Origin: Unknown
Length: 9,216 Bytes
Type: Trojan
SubType: Downloader

Virus Characteristics

The purpose of this trojan is to connect to various websites, download programs, and execute them.The trojan is UPX packed and written in MSVC.

When executed, the trojan will access several websites to download adware:

tool33t.com
tool4ame.com
beneditutti.com
toostupid.biz
The following file is dropped in to the %SYSDIR% folder:

mstbl.ocx - Contains the USERKEY value that satisfies the HTTP GET request made by the trojan in order to gain access to the sites.

http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=101009

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