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Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Small.af

Detected Apr 18 2003 01:20 GMT
Released Apr 18 2003 01:20 GMT
Published Mar 05 2007 06:26 GMT

Technical Details
Payload
Removal instructions

Technical Details

This Trojan is designed to install other malicious programs to the victim machine. It is a Windows PE EXE file. It is 33,760 bytes in size.

Payload

When launched, the Trojan extracts the following file from itself to the folder where the Trojan itself is located:

pspv.exe

This file will then be launched for execution.

This file will be detected by Kaspersky Anti-Virus as not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.ProtectStorage.

The Trojan also drops a file called kaos.prs, which is 8 bytes in size, to the current folder.

The Trojan then deletes its executable file and ceases running.


Removal instructions

If your computer does not have an up-to-date antivirus, or does not have an antivirus solution at all, follow the instructions below to delete the malicious program:

  1. Delete the original Trojan file (the location will depend on how the program originally penetrated the victim machine).
  2. Delete the files dropped by the Trojan to the folder where it is located:
    pspv.exe
    kaos.prs
  3. Update your antivirus databases and perform a full scan of the computer (download a trial version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus).

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Trojan-Dropper

Trojan-Dropper programs are designed to secretly install malicious programs built into their code to victim computers.

This type of malicious program usually save a range of files to the victim’s drive (usually to the Windows directory, the Windows system directory, temporary directory etc.), and launches them without any notification (or with fake notification of an archive error, an outdated operating system version, etc.).

Such programs are used by hackers to:

  • secretly install Trojan programs and/or viruses
  • protect known malicious programs from being detected by antivirus solutions; not all antivirus programs are capable of scanning all the components inside this type of Trojans.

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Aliases

Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Small.af (Kaspersky Lab) is also known as: