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Who Creates Malware Viruses and other malware do not come from nowhere: an explanation of who writes malicious programs and why. More		History of Malware Computer viruses have been around for a long time now. A detailed look at the roots of malware from the mid 20th century to the present. More
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Oct 29 2008 Trojan-Downloader.JS.Small.fi This Trojan downloads other files via the Internet and launches them for execution on the victim machine. The program is an HTML page which contains Java Script scenarios. It is 1432 bytes in size. Oct 29 2008 Trojan-PSW.Win32.OnLineGames.sxa This malicious program is a Trojan. It is a Windows PE EXE file. It is 118103 bytes in size. Installation The Trojan copies its executable file to the Windows system directory: %System%\kavo.exe In order to ensure that the Trojan is launched automatically each time the system is restarted, the... Oct 29 2008 Trojan-PSW.Win32.OnLineGames.lfi This malicious program is a Trojan. It is a Windows PE EXE file. It is 123873 bytes in size. Installation The Trojan copies its executable file to the Windows system directory: %System%\amvo.exe In order to ensure that the Trojan is launched automatically each time the system is restarted, the... Oct 29 2008 Trojan-Downloader_Win32_Agent.nmi This Trojan downloads another program via the Internet and launches it on the victim machine without the user’s knowledge or consent. It is a Windows PE EXE file. The size of infected files can range from 18KB to 47KB. Oct 28 2008 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Braidupdate.c This Trojan downloads another program via the Internet and launches it on the victim machine without the user’s knowledge or consent. It is a Windows PE EXE file. It is 79360 bytes in size. It is written in C++. Installation In order to ensure that the Trojan is launched automatically each... Oct 28 2008 Trojan-Downloader.JS.Agent.sg This Trojan downloads other files via the Internet and launches them for execution on the victim machine. It is an HTML page which contains Visual Basic Script and Java Script. It is 677 bytes in size. Oct 28 2008 Trojan-GameThief.Win32.OnLineGames.tnys This Trojan is designed to steal account data from the online game LineAge2. It is a Windows PE EXE file. It is 654848 bytes in size. Oct 28 2008 Trojan-PSW.Win32.OnLineGames.rlh This malicious program is a Trojan. It is a Windows PE EXE file. It is 112736 bytes in size. Installation The Trojan copies its executable file to the Windows system directory: %System%\kavo.exe In order to ensure that the Trojan is launched automatically each time the system is restarted, the... Oct 20 2008 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Delf.cgx This Trojan downloads other files via the Internet and launches them for execution on the victim machine without the user’s knowledge or consent. It is a Windows PE EXE file. It is 48128 bytes in size. It is packed using PECompact. The unpacked file is approximately 131KB in size. It is... Oct 20 2008 Backdoor.Win32.Small.x This Trojan provides a remote malicious user with access to the victim machine. It is a Windows PE EXE file. It is 1087 bytes in size.