Alias: Downloader.MSCache (Symantec),
Trojan.Win32.TalkStocks (Kaspersky),
Win32/Skoob.B.Downloader.DLL.Trojan,
Win32/Skoob.B.Downloader.Trojan
Category: Win32
Type: Trojan
Published Date: 11/24/2003
Last Modified: 11/25/2003
CHARACTERISTICS
Win32.Skoob.B is a trojan written with Microsoft C. It consists of an executable component called mscache2.exe, 114688 bytes in size, and a DLL called mscache2.dll, 122880 bytes in size.
These two files may be downloaded by another component (detected as Win32.Skoob or Win32/Skoob.Downloader) from the skoobidoo domain, and
saved to the user's System directory.
The trojan attempts to download other files from URLs on the geocities domain, although at the time of publishing these were no longer available.
The DLL component of the trojan, attempts to retrieve updates for itself from URLs on the blazefind and skoobidoo domains.
Analysis by Taras Malivanchuk
http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virus.aspx?ID=37635

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