WORM_AGENT.ZIP

June 09, 2015

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 Analysis by: Joachim Suico

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 ALIASES:

Password-protected-EXE (Kaspersky); Spy-Agent.bw!zip (McAfee); Trojan.Agent-zippwd-4 (ClamAV)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:

 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:

 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:

 REPORTED INFECTION:

 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

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  Threat Type: Worm
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  Destructiveness: No
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  Encrypted:
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  In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This worm arrives as attachment to mass-mailed email messages. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

32,979 bytes

File Type:

ZIP

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

08 Apr 2009

Arrival Details

This worm arrives as attachment to mass-mailed email messages.

It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

NOTES:

This is a Trend Micro detection for password protected .ZIP files that contain a malicious file.