MALWARE FAMILY

Pushdo

Internal ID: win.pushdo

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Pushdo is usually classified as a "downloader" trojan - meaning its true purpose is to download and install additional malicious software. There are dozens of downloader trojan families out there, but Pushdo is actually more sophisticated than most, but that sophistication lies in the Pushdo control server rather than the trojan.

Threat Analysis

Pushdo is a malware family tracked by threat intelligence researchers and catalogued in the Malpedia dataset. It represents a distinct malicious software lineage with identifiable code characteristics, behaviors, and victimology.

External References

→http://malware-traffic-analysis.net/2017/04/03/index2.html

→http://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/gold-essex

→https://go.crowdstrike.com/rs/281-OBQ-266/images/Report2021GTR.pdf

→https://www.blueliv.com/research/tracking-the-footproints-of-pushdo-trojan/

→https://www.secureworks.com/research/pushdo

→https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/gold-essex

→https://www.shadowserver.org/news/has-the-sun-set-on-the-necurs-botnet/

→https://www.trendmicro.de/cloud-content/us/pdfs/business/white-papers/wp_study-of-pushdo-cutwail-botnet.pdf

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.pushdo

Research Links

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Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.

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