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Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.cg

Detected Mar 14 2004 03:54 GMT
Released Mar 14 2004 03:54 GMT
Published Aug 03 2005 10:18 GMT

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Technical Details

This Trojan program downloads files from the Internet without the knowledge of consent of the user. The Trojan itself is a Windows PE EXE file 5632 bytes in size, not packed in any way.

It will download another Trojan from http://217.73.xx.1/ and launch it on the victim machine.

When downloading, it displays the following message:


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Trojan-Downloader

Programs classified as Trojan-Downloader download and install new versions of malicious programs, including Trojans and AdWare, on victim computers. Once downloaded from the Internet, the programs are launched or included on a list of programs which will run automatically when the operating system boots up.

Information about the names and locations of the programs which are downloaded are in the Trojan code, or are downloaded by the Trojan from an Internet resource (usually a web page).

This type of malicious program is frequently used in the initial infection of visitors to websites which contain exploits.


Other versions

Aliases

Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.cg (Kaspersky Lab) is also known as:

  • TrojanDownloader.Win32.Small.cg (Kaspersky Lab)
  • App: Adware-IALink.dldr (McAfee)
  • Troj/Dloader-G (Sophos)
  • Adware/TalkStocks (Panda)
  • W32/Downloader.AK (FPROT)
  • TrojanDownloader:Win32/Small (MS(OneCare))
  • Trojan.DownLoader (DrWeb)
  • Win32/TrojanDownloader.Small.CG trojan (Nod32)
  • Trojan.Downloader.Small.CG (BitDef7)
  • Win32:Agent-ARC [Trj] (AVAST)
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small (Ikarus)
  • Downloader.Generic.FWR (AVG)
  • TR/Dldr.Small.CG.2 (AVIRA)
  • W32/DLoader.JKKJ (Norman)
  • Downloader-ER (NAI)
  • Trojan.DL.Small.spm (Rising)
  • Mal_DLDER (TrendMicro)