Trojan.Shylock!gen12

Discovered:

April 17, 2014

Updated:

April 17, 2014 1:40:35 PM

Type:

Trojan

Systems Affected:

Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Trojan.Shylock!gen12 is a heuristic detection used to detect threats associated with Trojan.Shylock.

Antivirus Protection Dates

• Initial Rapid Release version April 17, 2014 revision 008
• Latest Rapid Release version April 17, 2014 revision 008
• Initial Daily Certified version April 17, 2014 revision 025
• Latest Daily Certified version April 17, 2014 revision 025
• Initial Weekly Certified release date April 23, 2014

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Medium
• Payload: Adds malicious code to network traffic.
• Compromises Security Settings: Intercepts network traffic.

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low

Technical Details