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Trojan.Azwiz.F - New trojan horse uses Rootkit approach

This is one of three new rootkit approaches being documented this morning.  Hopefully, 2006 won't be the year of the Rootkit.

Trojan.Azwiz.F - New trojan horse uses Rootkit approach 
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.abwiz.f.html

Trojan.Abwiz.F is a Trojan horse with rootkit abilities that downloads and executes remote files and sends confidential computer information to a remote attacker. The Trojan also allows a remote attacker to perform various unauthorized actions on the compromised computer.