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Legmir.AVP | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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Common name: | Legmir.AVP |
Technical name: | Trj/Legmir.AVP |
Threat level: | Low |
Type: | Trojan |
Effects: |
It allows to get into the affected computer.
It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy.
It spreads
, via mapped drives.
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Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
First detected on: | March 4, 2008 |
Detection updated on: | Sept. 15, 2008 |
Statistics | No |
Proactive protection: | Yes, using TruPrevent Technologies
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Brief Description | |
Legmir.AVP is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions. It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy:
passwords saved by certain Windows services; keystrokes, in order to obtain information for accessing online banking services, passwords and other confidential information. It sends the gathered information to a remote user by any available means: email, FTP, etc. Legmir.AVP uses the following propagation or distribution methods: - Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
- Computer networks (mapped drives): it creates copies of itself in mapped drives.
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