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WebDownloader

Category: Cookie

Risk: Low Risk

* Low risk threats pose a very low risk or no immediate danger to your computer or your privacy, however these types of applications may profile user online habits, but only according to specific privacy policies stated in the applications End-User License. These types of threats generally borderline on being a threat to being a standard application that has a complex license agreement that you knowingly installed.

Description: The default file downloaded by the trojan is The Infector (they are written by the same person). This could easily be changed to any file anywhere on the Web. The perpetrator just enter the URL where the wanted trojan is, and his ICQ UIN to receive notification when the infected user is online. The sender is able to destroy WebDownloader after it has downloaded its trojan file.

Alias: None

Signatures: None Listed

Updated: 02/18/2006
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