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Trojan-Dropper:W32/Trojan-Dropper
Summary
This type of trojan contains one or more malicious programs, which it will secretly install and execute.
Disinfection
Allow F-Secure Anti-Virus to disinfect the relevant files.
For more general information on disinfection, please see Removal Instructions.
Adware/Spyware Issues
Very often on-line advertisement companies use Trojan-Droppers to silently drop their adware/spyware components or downloaders to users' computers. It is recommended to scan an affected computer with an antispyware program, or an antivirus program with antispyware capabilities. There also exist several good third-party utilities to clean adware/spyware components and downloaders from infected computers.
For more general information on disinfection, please see Removal Instructions.
Adware/Spyware Issues
Very often on-line advertisement companies use Trojan-Droppers to silently drop their adware/spyware components or downloaders to users' computers. It is recommended to scan an affected computer with an antispyware program, or an antivirus program with antispyware capabilities. There also exist several good third-party utilities to clean adware/spyware components and downloaders from infected computers.
Additional Details
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Alternatively, you may be directed to this page if no description matching that specific query is currently available. You can submit a sample of the suspect file to our Response Lab for further analysis via:
• Sample Analysis System
About Trojan-Droppers
A Trojan-Dropper is a type of trojan that drops different type of standalone malware (trojans, worms, backdoors) to a system. It is usually an executable file that contains a other files compressed inside its body. When a Trojan-Dropper is run, it extracts these compressed files and saves them to a folder (usually a temporary one) on the computer.
In many cases, Trojan-Droppers also drop and executes to display games, images or messages, which serve as decoys to avert attention from malicious activities.
For representative examples of Trojan-Droppers, see the following descriptions:
Note
Some Trojan-Droppers extract components directly to memory and activate them there. In this case anti-virus software is not able to detect dropped malware, so detection of the whole trojan dropper package is added.
More
For more information, see Encyclopedia: Trojan-Dropper.
Alternatively, you may be directed to this page if no description matching that specific query is currently available. You can submit a sample of the suspect file to our Response Lab for further analysis via:
• Sample Analysis System
About Trojan-Droppers
A Trojan-Dropper is a type of trojan that drops different type of standalone malware (trojans, worms, backdoors) to a system. It is usually an executable file that contains a other files compressed inside its body. When a Trojan-Dropper is run, it extracts these compressed files and saves them to a folder (usually a temporary one) on the computer.
In many cases, Trojan-Droppers also drop and executes to display games, images or messages, which serve as decoys to avert attention from malicious activities.
For representative examples of Trojan-Droppers, see the following descriptions:
Note
Some Trojan-Droppers extract components directly to memory and activate them there. In this case anti-virus software is not able to detect dropped malware, so detection of the whole trojan dropper package is added.
More
For more information, see Encyclopedia: Trojan-Dropper.