W32.Estrella

W32.Estrella is a Trojan horse that is designed to be spread through floppy disks. This trojan deletes some specific files on December 15th. It is written in Microsoft Visual Basic programming language.

NOTE: Virus definitions dated prior to June 13, 2002 may detect this threat as Backdoor.Trojan.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version June 14, 2002
• Latest Rapid Release version July 19, 2008 revision 019
• Initial Daily Certified version June 14, 2002
• Latest Daily Certified version July 19, 2008 revision 018
• Initial Weekly Certified release date June 19, 2002

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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