Constructor.DOS.Dosow

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

Overview

Vendor Notes:

 from the doc: 'This program creates overwriteing virus source in Assembly It is freeware and is never to be charged for.'

Category:

Trojan Creation Tool: A program designed to create Trojans. Some of these tools merely wrap existing Trojans, to make them harder to detect. Others add a trojan to an existing product (such as RegEdit.exe), making it a Dropper.

Similar Pests:

 Trojan Creation Tool

Origins

Author:

 GzR

Group:

 NuKE

By This Group:

 Aris Hak 0.91b ·

Date of Origin:

 March, 2001

Distribution

Prevalence:
  • Constructor.DOS.Dosow: < 0.00005%
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    Clot Factor:
  • Constructor.DOS.Dosow: 1

    • The "Clot Factor" is a measure of how much a pest "gums up" a machine by adding registry entries, files, and directories. As more objects are placed in a machine, manual removal becomes more difficult and more error-prone.

    Countries Affected:

    		 In the past three months, we have received reports of Constructor.DOS.Dosow in Netherlands, United States.

    Operation

    Storage Required:
  • Constructor.DOS.Dosow: at least 181 KB
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    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Follow these steps to remove Constructor.DOS.Dosow from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.
    Stop Running Processes:

    Kill these running processes with Task Manager:

    Remove Files:

    Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

    Research

    File Analyses:

    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:

    		 April 15, 2005