JOKE_FLASH.B

 Analysis by: Abraham Latimer Camba

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

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

  • Threat Type: Joke Program

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW


Once executed, it will pose as a legitimate Flash game. However, upon clicking, this joke program displays a video of a male ghost.

This joke program arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites. It may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

Varies

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

07 Oct 2007

Arrival Details

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

It may be manually installed by a user.

NOTES:
Once executed, it will pose as a legitimate Flash game. However, upon clicking, this joke program displays a video of a male ghost.