Trojan.Kangenie

Trojan.Kangenie is a Trojan horse that places a scrolling display on the task bar. The Trojan also creates and opens a file on a compromised computer and may disable the Task Manager and the Registry Editor.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version June 24, 2005
• Latest Rapid Release version September 26, 2008 revision 048
• Initial Daily Certified version June 24, 2005
• Latest Daily Certified version December 8, 2008 revision 050
• Initial Weekly Certified release date June 29, 2005

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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: Moderate

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low