JOKE_RICKROLL.A

 Analysis by: Pearl Charlaine Espejo

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Joke Program

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW


This joke program may be hosted on a website and run when a user accesses the said website.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

8,426 bytes

File Type:

HTML, HTM

Initial Samples Received Date:

02 Apr 2016

Arrival Details

This joke program may be hosted on a website and run when a user accesses the said website.

NOTES:

This may be hosted on https://{BLOCKED}back.com/rickroll/sequel.php

Upon accessing the said URL, it displays a window showing the following message:

RICKROLLED. THE SEQUEL

It plays the music video of Together Forever by Rick Astley while randomly moving around the browser window. When users click the close button of the browser window, it displays a series of message boxes containing the lyrics of the song.