HTML_FAKEVID.C

October 08, 2012
 Analysis by: Erika Bianca Mendoza
 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This malicious HTML displays a fake video in Facebook, entitled "This is the best April Fools' prank ever!"

It links to a malicious JavaScript, which Trend Micro detects as JS_FAKEVID.C.

This Trojan executes when a user accesses certain websites where it is hosted.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

47,578 bytes

File Type:

HTML, HTM

Initial Samples Received Date:

03 Apr 2011

Arrival Details

This Trojan executes when a user accesses certain websites where it is hosted.

NOTES:

This malicious HTML displays a fake video in Facebook, entitled "This is the best April Fools' prank ever!" It links to a malicious JavaScript in the following location:

  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.144.82/fb1.js

Trend Micro detects this as JS_FAKEVID.C.