F-Secure Virus Descriptions : Apher

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 Attachment: AAPRICES.EXE

Once the attachment is executed it downloads and silently executes from a Russian web site a file Slnew.exe. This file is new variant of Backdoor.Death.25. The backdoor provides access to the compromised computer for a remote attacker.

F-Secure Anti-Virus detects Apher Death.25 with the update published on August 20th, 2002:

[FSAV_Database_Version]

Version=2002-08-20_01

[Analysis: Katrin Tocheva, Gergely Erdelyi and Ero Carrera; F-Secure Corp.; August 20th, 2002]