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Rensenware is unusual as an example of ransomware in that it does not request the user pay the creator of the virus to decrypt their files, instead requiring the user to achieve a required number of points in the shoot 'em up video game Undefined Fantastic Object before any decryption can take place.
In computer security, a drive-by download is the unintended download of software, typically malicious software. The term "drive-by download" usually refers to a download which was authorized by a user without understanding what is being downloaded, such as in the case of a Trojan horse. In other cases, the term may simply refer to a download ...
Jigsaw was designed in April 2016 and released a week after creation. [1] It was designed to be spread through malicious attachments in spam emails. [3] Jigsaw is activated if a user downloads the malware program which will encrypt all user files and master boot record. [4]
Upon infection Mirai will identify any "competing" malware, remove it from memory, and block remote administration ports. [ 16 ] Victim IoT devices are identified by “first entering a rapid scanning phase where it asynchronously and “statelessly” sent TCP SYN probes to pseudo-random IPv4 addresses, excluding those in a hard-coded IP ...
ClamAV (antivirus) is a free software, cross-platform antimalware toolkit able to detect many types of malware, including viruses. It was developed for Unix and has third party versions available for AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Linux, macOS, OpenVMS, OSF (Tru64), Solaris and Haiku. As of version 0.97.5, ClamAV builds and runs on Microsoft Windows.
August 1, 2003: The U.S. issues an alert to be on the lookout for malware exploiting the RPC bug. [5] Sometime prior to August 11, 2003: Other viruses using the RPC exploit exist. [9] August 11, 2003: Original version of the worm appears on the Internet. [16] August 11, 2003: Symantec Antivirus releases a rapid release protection update. [8]
Flame is an uncharacteristically large program for malware at 20 megabytes. It is written partly in the Lua scripting language with compiled C++ code linked in, and allows other attack modules to be loaded after initial infection. [6] [19] The malware uses five different encryption methods and an SQLite database to store structured information. [1]
ZeroAccess is a Trojan horse computer malware that affects Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is used to download other malware on an infected machine from a botnet while remaining hidden using rootkit techniques. [1]