Trojan.DOW.NetPatch

Parent class: TrojWare

Trojans are malicious programs that perform actions which are not authorized by the user: they delete, block, modify or copy data, and they disrupt the performance of computers or computer networks. Unlike viruses and worms, the threats that fall into this category are unable to make copies of themselves or self-replicate. Trojans are classified according to the type of action they perform on an infected computer.

Class: Trojan

A malicious program designed to electronically spy on the user’s activities (intercept keyboard input, take screenshots, capture a list of active applications, etc.). The collected information is sent to the cybercriminal by various means, including email, FTP, and HTTP (by sending data in a request).

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Platform: DOW

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Description

Technical Details

Text (c) Future Time di Paolo Monti

This trojan was released as a "wonderful" patch for Netscape. Actually, it changes the system date launching the system shell (i.e. COMMAND.COM /C DATE=18/04/2097), clears the screen (COMMAND.COM /C CLS) and creates in the current directory two files with unusual names. One file has size of 0 bytes. The other one is 21 bytes long and contains the text:

NETSCAPE IS PATCHED

As side note: the "DATE" command doesn't work with 4DOS, that for default uses another format to set the date (i.e. DATE=dd-mm-yy). The trojan finds COMMAND.COM consulting the COMSPEC enviroment's variable.

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