Outbreak Name: Troj/Stinx-E
Outbreak Date: 11-10-05
IronPort's Virus Outbreak Filters Protect Customers from Stinx Outbreak Additional 7 Hours and 35 Minutes Protection
Background
IronPort's Virus Outbreak Filters protects customers within the critical period between the first exploit of a virus outbreak and the release of an AV signature. During the recent Stinx variant outbreak, Troj/Stinx-E, Outbreak Filters users were protected 7 hours and 35 minutes before an AV signature was available from any of the major AV vendors*. Troj/Stinx-E is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform. It connects to one of several IP addresses and runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer. Troj/Stinx-E can be instructed to delete, execute, and download and execute files.
Timeline
Outbreak Details & Timeline
| Date | November 10, 2005 |
| Name** | Troj/Stinx-E (Stinx variant) |
| 02:50 GMT | Virus Threat Level raised and protection starts |
| 10:25 GMT | First anti-virus signature publ ished* |
Benefits
7 hours and 35 minutes of additional protection with Virus Outbreak Filters
*Calculated as first published alert time from any of the following vendors: Sophos, Trend Micro, Computer Associates, Kaspersky Labs, Symantec or McAfee.
** As named by Sophos.
