Trojan.Archiveus

Trojan.Archiveus is a Trojan horse that password-protects files and asks the user to purchase something on specific Web sites to obtain the password to unlock the files.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version May 6, 2006
• Latest Rapid Release version June 21, 2008 revision 020
• Initial Daily Certified version May 6, 2006
• Latest Daily Certified version December 8, 2008 revision 050
• Initial Weekly Certified release date May 10, 2006

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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

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low