Virus Detail

Win32/Cutwail.BFH

Date Published:
30 Jul 2010

Last Updated:
30 Jul 2010

Threat Assessment

Overall Risk:   Low
Wild:  Low
Destructiveness:  Low
Pervasiveness:  Low

Characteristics

Type : Trojan

Category : Win32

Also known as:  

Immediate Protection Info

 
SignatureProductRemoval Instructions
35.1.0
CA Internet Security Suite/CA Total Defense
35.2.7750
CA Internet Security Suite 2007/2008/2009, ITM 8.x , eAV 7.x
 
 
 

Description

Win32/Cutwail aka "Pushdo" and "Pandex" is a family of trojans with rootkit functionality that may be used to download and execute arbitrary files, either saving them to disk or injecting them into other processes.This threat is a bot controlled Trojan design to assist spammers by harvesting email addresses and enables infected system to send mass and targeted bulk email message. It may also launch Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.

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