RE: [WinMac] PWSTEAL Trojan horse.
Subject: RE: [WinMac] PWSTEAL Trojan horse.
From: Wilcox, Curtis (cwilcox[at]esm.rochester.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 11 2002 - 11:36:22 EDT
Here's more information.
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=W97M_GOGA.A&V
Sect=T
This page explains what the "hacker tool" DIALPWD.exe does.
http://spywin.security-on.net/step.php
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Durant [mailto:durant@cbn.net.id]
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:45 AM
> To: WinMac List
> Subject: [WinMac] PWSTEAL Trojan horse.
>
>
> Hi again,
>
> My daughter has picked up the PWSTEAL.TROJAN.9558 as Norton
> (Win) AntiVirus
> reports it. The program was unable to remove the trojan
> horse, which is in
> the DIALPWD.EXE file (Win 98 SE), but it has quarantined it.
> I have looked at
> the Symantec site and found some very basic info, but nothing
> about what the
> trojan horse does.
>
> Does anyone know what the DIALPWD.exe file does? With the
> system disturbances
> my daughter is experiencing, I assume that it must be
> important, but...
> Symantec talks about having to edit the registry and I have
> never done this.
> Does anyone have any advice on any of these issues? I assume
> my daughter
> picked up the trojan horse from an mp3 or jpg file, but I
> have no idea what
> to tell her to avoid.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
>
>
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