WORM_AGENT.ZIP

 Analysis by: Joachim Suico

 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:

  • Threat Type: Worm

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • 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.