Home / malware Trojan:W32/Chifrax
First posted on 26 October 2009.
Source: SecurityHomeAliases :
There are no other names known for Trojan:W32/Chifrax.
Explanation :
A trojan, or trojan horse, is a seemingly legitimate program which secretly performs other, usually malicious, functions. It is usually user-initiated and does not replicate.
Additional DetailsTrojan:W32/Chifrax is a family of maliciously modified self-extracting archive executable files (SFX RAR files) that drop and execute arbitrary malware files.
The exact malware dropped on the system depends on the specific variant. Representative examples of dropped malware are:
  • Backdoor:W32/PoisonIvy   • Trojan:W32/SmallLast update 26 October 2009
