Trojan.Adclicker

Trojan.Adclicker is a generic class of Trojan Horses that are designed to artificially generate traffic to certain Web sites. These Trojans send HTTP requests to simulate clicks on banner advertisements, or to inflate Web counter statistics.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version September 13, 2002
• Latest Rapid Release version October 13, 2008 revision 032
• Initial Daily Certified version September 13, 2002 revision 020
• Latest Daily Certified version October 13, 2008 revision 022
• Initial Weekly Certified release date September 18, 2002

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: More than 1000
• Number of Sites: More than 10
• Geographical Distribution: High
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Moderate

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low