Discovered: February 16, 2006
Updated: February 13, 2007 12:53:58 PM
Also Known As: Trojan-PSW.Win32.Agent.{eo, ey, fg, fl} [Kaspersky Lab], Spy-Agent.ak [McAfee], Troj/PWS-{EC, EJ} [Sophos], TSPY_AGENT.{AMD, BGN} [Trend Micro]
Type: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Infostealer.Metafisher is a Trojan horse that exploits the Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine WMF Format Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability (as described in
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-001) to download remote files. The Trojan also sends bank account and personal information to remote servers.
Note: Virus definitions dated prior to February 17, 2006 may detect this as Download.Trojan.
Protection
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Initial Rapid Release version February 17, 2006
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Latest Rapid Release version June 21, 2008 revision 020
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Initial Daily Certified version February 17, 2006 revision 002
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Latest Daily Certified version June 21, 2008 revision 021
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Initial Weekly Certified release date February 22, 2006
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Threat Assessment
Wild
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Wild Level: Low
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Number of Infections: 0 - 49
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Number of Sites: 0 - 2
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Geographical Distribution: Low
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Threat Containment: Easy
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Removal: Moderate
Damage
Distribution
Writeup By: Elia Florio
