Content
Unone
- Type
- Trojan
- SubType
- Spyware
- Discovery Date
- 03/08/2004
- Length
- 212,992 (Installer)
- Minimum DAT
- 4339 (03/17/2004)
- Updated DAT
- 4584 (09/19/2005)
- Minimum Engine
- 5.1.00
- Description Added
- 03/19/2004
- Description Modified
- 03/22/2004 9:50 PM (PT)
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Characteristics
-- Update Mar 19th, 12:03pm PST --
This detection is for a trojan that downloads and installs several files to the local machine.
The trojan installer is a self-extracted installation program. Sample received have a file size of 212,992 bytes. When the installer is run, it creates several files in the Windows System directory:
mxrptz1.dll is installed as IE helper object. The following registry key is created:
The dll is loaded when Internet Explorer is run, it downloads files to the local machine and opens several advertising web sites.
The 4339 dat files incorrectly identifying files from Clickteam
as the Unone trojan. The 4341 DAT files
contain corrected detection.
Symptoms
Existence of files and registry keys mentioned above.
Method of Infection
Trojans do not self-replicate. They are spread manually, often under the premise that the executable is something beneficial. Distribution channels include IRC, peer-to-peer networks, newsgroup postings, etc.
Removal
All Users:
Use current engine and DAT files for detection and removal.
Modifications made to the system Registry and/or INI files for the purposes of hooking system startup, will be successfully removed if cleaning with the recommended engine and DAT combination (or higher).
Variants
Variants
N/A
All Information
Overview -
This is a trojan detection. Unlike viruses, trojans do not self-replicate. They are spread manually, often under the premise that they are beneficial or wanted. The most common installation methods involve system or security exploitation, and unsuspecting users manually executing unknown programs. Distribution channels include email, malicious or hacked web pages, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), peer-to-peer networks, etc.
Characteristics
Characteristics -
-- Update Mar 19th, 12:03pm PST --
This detection is for a trojan that downloads and installs several files to the local machine.
The trojan installer is a self-extracted installation program. Sample received have a file size of 212,992 bytes. When the installer is run, it creates several files in the Windows System directory:
mxrptz1.dll is installed as IE helper object. The following registry key is created:
The dll is loaded when Internet Explorer is run, it downloads files to the local machine and opens several advertising web sites.
The 4339 dat files incorrectly identifying files from Clickteam
as the Unone trojan. The 4341 DAT files
contain corrected detection.
Symptoms
Symptoms -
Existence of files and registry keys mentioned above.
Method of Infection
Method of Infection -
Trojans do not self-replicate. They are spread manually, often under the premise that the executable is something beneficial. Distribution channels include IRC, peer-to-peer networks, newsgroup postings, etc.
Removal -
Removal -
All Users:
Use current engine and DAT files for detection and removal.
Modifications made to the system Registry and/or INI files for the purposes of hooking system startup, will be successfully removed if cleaning with the recommended engine and DAT combination (or higher).
Additional Windows ME/XP removal considerations
Variants
Variants -
N/A
