Trojan.Bookmarker

Trojan.Bookmarker is a small Trojan horse that modifies the Internet Explorer home page and search page, and adds bookmarks that point to pornographic Web sites to the Favorites folder.

This Trojan changes the Internet Explorer Home page to webcoolsearch.com. It is also packed with UPX.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version December 22, 2003
• Latest Rapid Release version October 30, 2008 revision 038
• Initial Daily Certified version December 22, 2003 revision 004
• Latest Daily Certified version October 30, 2008 revision 049
• Initial Weekly Certified release date December 23, 2003

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 50 - 999
• Number of Sites: 3 - 9
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Moderate

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low