ALIASES:

C2Lop, Lop

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel: Downloaded from the Internet

SWIZZOR malware arrive as files downloaded from the Internet. Variants of SWIZZOR were detected as early as 2004.

SWIZZOR is a family of Trojans used to download other malware files. It does this by redirecting browser traffic to malicious advertisement pages, which host other malware.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Memory Resident: Yes
Payload: Connects to URLs/IPs, Displays graphics/image

Adware Routine

This Trojan connects to the following URLs to download and display ads:

  • {BLOCKED}s.{BLOCKED}59-195.com
  • {BLOCKED}s.{BLOCKED}s-local.com