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Troj/PDFex-A

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 24 October 2007 14:22:19 (GMT)
Last updated 13 November 2007 14:46:44 (GMT)
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More Information

Troj/PDFex-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform that attempts to download malicious files from the internet.

Troj/PDFex-A will often arrive as a PDF document attached to an email with a subject line of INVOICE or STATEMENT.

Troj/PDFex-A will exploit a vulnerability in Adobe reader and Adobe Acrobat 8.0.1 or earlier on systems with Internet Explorer 7 installed.

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