Trojan.Ascetic.B

Trojan.Ascetic.B uses its own SMTP engine to send the email addresses that it finds on the compromised computer to some predefined email addresses. The email address of the sender is spoofed and the subject is randomly generated text.

Note: Definitions prior to April 1, 2005 will detect this threat as W32.Sober.N@mm.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version March 31, 2005
• Latest Rapid Release version July 26, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version March 31, 2005
• Latest Daily Certified version July 26, 2008 revision 018
• Initial Weekly Certified release date March 31, 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: Medium

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low