Thirteen Percent of Systems in US Infected by Flammable ZBot Malware Cocktail
Jan 14th, 2010 | Category: BitDefenderBitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative anti-malware security solutions, today warned of the rapid spread of malware intended for users of Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access.
The unsolicited message directs users to apply a new set of settings to their mailboxes to update several security upgrades that have been applied. The link in the e-mail leads towards a Web page with Microsoft® Office® logos and instructs users to download and launch an executable file that will supposedly update their e-mail settings.
Instead, they receive a potent malware cocktail, including the Trojan.SWF.Dropper.E, a generic detection name for a family of Trojans sharing a similar behavior theyre Flash files, which usually do not display any relevant images/animations, but drop and execute various malware files (by exploiting Adobe Shockwave Flash vulnerability). The dropped files may be subject to change and different variants can drop and execute different malware programs.
Statistics showed a significant increase in the number of files the infected with Trojan.SWF.Dropper.E. The total number of the infected files increased by nearly 60 percent when comparing the first half of January to the first half of December.
The most affected countries by Trojan.SWF.Dropper.E between January 1st and January 13th were:
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