Home / malware Trojan:W32/Trojan-Notifier
First posted on 18 May 2010.
Source: SecurityHomeAliases :
There are no other names known for Trojan:W32/Trojan-Notifier.
Explanation :
Also known as a trojan horse program, this is a deceptive program that performs additional actions without the user's knowledge or permission. It does not replicate.
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About Trojan-Notifiers
The Type designation 'Trojan-Clicker' was previously used by F-Secure to identify a trojan that gives a notification of some event. In this context, the event is usually malicious - for example, the trojan may information a backdoor's controller that the malicious program has been successfully installed on a computer with specific IP address on a specific port. Notifiers can send e-mails, instant messages or contact certain websites in order to post the notification information.
Nowadays, notification functionality is built-in to most present day malware. As such, our naming convention has been updated; new programs that would previously have been identified as 'Trojan-Clickers' are now designated 'Trojans'.Last update 18 May 2010
