Trojan Virus Alert

Hackers have used spamming software to distribute thousands of copies of a new Trojan. Email filtering firm MessageLabs alone has intercepted more than 4,000 copies of the Demonize-T Trojan over the last 24 hours.

Demonize-T is a multi-stage Trojan that uses an object data exploit in Internet Explorer to download and execute an encoded visual basic script from a website. The Trojan then creates an executable file which appears to download a malicious program from the same website as the original script. Early analysis suggests Demonize-T is similar to previous attacks where malicious code has been used to install key loggers and password stealers.

Source: http://www.theregister.com/2004/06/07/demonize_trojan/

Date - 27 June 2004