Pandora's Box

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

Overview

Vendor Notes:

 From the doc: 'The P-Box is a generation kit for timebombs/trojans (no, not these remote tool ones ;).'

Alias:

 Constructor.DOS.PBox [Kaspersky], Constructor/Pbox [Panda], Kit-Pandora [McAfee], Pandoras Box, P-Box, virus construction tool [F-Prot]

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:

 Dr. Rat,

By This Author:

 Java PortScanner · Koshi · New Folder · Next Generation Virus Construktion Kit · Simple Tool Collection 4.0 · Telnet Junkie · The Revenger 1.0

Group:

 KryptoCrew

By This Group:

 Java PortScanner · Kefrens,

By This Author:

 Java PortScanner · Koshi · New Folder · Next Generation Virus Construktion Kit · Simple Tool Collection 4.0 · Telnet Junkie · The Revenger 1.0

Group:

 KryptoCrew

By This Group:

 Java PortScanner · Snakebyte

Group:

 KryptoCrew

By This Group:

 Java PortScanner ·

Date of Origin:

 May, 1998

Distribution

Prevalence:
  • Pandora's Box: 0.7%
    • More Info

    Clot Factor:
  • Pandora's Box: 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.

    Operation

    Storage Required:
  • Pandora's Box: at least 2957 KB
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    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Follow these steps to remove Pandora's Box 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 04, 2005