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TROJ_TWEBOT.STB

Posted: May 21, 2010

TROJ_TWEBOT.STB is a Trojan infection that may come bundled with other malware as a malware component. TROJ_TWEBOT.STB illustrates message boxes that usually display false notifications. TROJ_TWEBOT.STB needs the presence of particular files for running correctly. One of these files is used by TwitterNET Builder.exe, detected as TROJ_TWEBOT.BLD, to generate a Twitter Bot Server. The created file, Twitternet.exe is also detected as TROJ_TWEBOT.STB by some applications. This file may be downloaded unintentionally by a user from the Internet. As soon as the server is running in a computer system, it will often connect to the target Twitter page to read the posted Tweets of the hacker. These Tweets can be posted by a hacker to command its Botnet to carry out various malicious actions.

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