Aphex's Web Downloader

· Overview ·
· Origins ·
· Operation ·
· Detection and Removal ·
· Research ·

Overview

Vendor Notes:

 From the doc: 'Yea yea... YET ANOTHER WORLD's SMALLEST DOWNLOADER the only drawback to the size is that a DOS window will open and close if you don't like it use my 1024 byte version (with icq notify) this is merely meant to be a record setter' ... 'This will download and a url and save it as the specified file name and then execute it!... This program downloads and runs up to 9 urls and saves them to a file. All files are saved to the system directory and the files you select to run are also add to the registry to autorun on startup.'

Aphex WebDownloader 0.6.0 LiteL Current Smallest File Size Web Downloader World Records
NT/2K/XP, 700 bytes, Aphex - AWeb 0.6.0 LITE
95/98/ME, 768 bytes, Pr0stic - WHOMP Downloader
All Versions, 1024 bytes, Aphex - AWeb 0.5.0 LITE (with icq notify)
aphex@inphiltration.com'
Aphex WebDownloader 0.7.0 Lite: 'Yea yea... YET ANOTHER WORLD's SMALLEST DOWNLOADER
the only drawback to the size is that a DOS window will open and close if you don't like it use my 1024 byte version (with icq notify) this is merely meant to be a record setter
THANK YOU STAN!!!!!!!'

Alias:

 (Trojan.Downloader.Aphex.030.b, Trojan.Downloader.Apher.gen, TrojanDownloader.Win32.Aphex.012, TrojanDownloader.Win32.Aphex.020

Category:

Downloader: A program designed to retrieve and install additional files, when run. Most will be configured to retrieve from a designated web or FTP site.

Similar Pests:

 Downloader

Origins

Author:

 Aphex

Group:

 EES

By This Group:

 Aphex Command Line Tools ·

EMail:

 aphex@inphiltration.com

Programming Language:

 Delphi

Date of Origin:

 May, 2002

Operation

Restart:

 HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run in some versions, none in others.
Autostarting Pests

ScreenShot:


Aphex WebDownloader 0.1.2


Aphex WebDownloader 0.2.0 (version 1)


Aphex WebDownloader 0.2.0 Lite


Aphex WebDownloader 0.5.0 Lite


Aphex WebDownloader 0.6.0 Lite


Aphex WebDownloader 0.7.0 Lite

Detection and Removal

Automatic Removal:

PestPatrol detects this.

PestPatrol removes this.

Research

More Info:
  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
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    Research By:
  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
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    Last Revised:

    		 June 27, 2004