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Trojan:Win32/Postoli.A

First posted on 24 December 2013.
Source: Microsoft

Aliases :

There are no other names known for Trojan:Win32/Postoli.A.

Explanation :

Threat behavior Trojan:Win32/Postoli.A is a malicious program that is unable to spread of its own accord. It may perform a number of actions of an attacker's choice on an affected computer.

Installation

When it runs, Trojan:Win32/Postoli.A copies itself to c:\documents and settings\administrator\application data\microsoft\windows\system\hidden\svchost.exe.

Payload

Contacts remote host
Trojan:Win32/Postoli.A may contact a remote host at mcsup.cc using port 80. Commonly, malware does this to:

• Report a new infection to its author
• Receive configuration or other data
• Download and run files, including updates or other malware
• Receive instruction from a remote hacker
• Upload data taken from your PC

This malware description was produced and published using our automated analysis system's examination of file SHA1 8e984227ce0c5ac85852ec18dbc4262d4cd63e16.Symptoms

System changes

The following could indicate that you have this threat on your PC:

• The presence of the following files:
  
  

c:\documents and settings\administrator\application data\microsoft\windows\system\hidden\svchost.exe

Last update 24 December 2013

 

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