Virus Detail

Win32/Bredolab Family

Date Published:
4 Nov 2009

Last Updated:
6 Jan 2010

Threat Assessment

Overall Risk: Low

Wild: Low

Destructiveness: Low

Pervasiveness: Low

Characteristics

Type : Trojan

Category : Win32

Also known as: Trojan.Bredolab (Symantec), Bredolab.gen.a (McAfee), Backdoor.Win32.Bredolab (Kaspersky)

Immediate Protection Info

Signature	Product	Removal Instructions
35.1.7039	CA Antivirus 2007	View
35.1.7039	eTrust Antivirus v7/8*	View
7.x/7039	eTrust EZ Antivirus 7.x	View
35.1.7039	Vet 7	View

Tools

Signature file information

Scan for viruses

Submit a Virus Sample

Description

Win32/Bredolab is a family of trojan downloader and dropper. It is designed to gather system information and receive malicious URL and files from its command and control server. This malware usually arrives via email spam and uses social engineering techniques to entice users to execute the malware.