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Trojan.Cuydoc

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered: October 9, 2003
Updated: February 13, 2007 12:08:38 PM
Also Known As: W32/Cuydoc [McAfee]
Type: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP


Trojan.Cuydoc is a Trojan Horse that infects Spanish versions of Windows. It copies itself to the A drive, and deletes all the .doc files from the C:\Mis documentos folder.

Trojan.Cuydoc is written in Visual Basic and is packed with UPX.

Protection

  • Initial Rapid Release version October 10, 2003
  • Latest Rapid Release version July 19, 2008 revision 019
  • Initial Daily Certified version October 10, 2003
  • Latest Daily Certified version December 8, 2008 revision 050
  • Initial Weekly Certified release date October 15, 2003

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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: Low

Distribution

  • Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Scott Gettis
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