Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj

Posted: August 20, 2013

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Ranking:	5,247
Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	3,782

First Seen:	August 20, 2013
Last Seen:	October 14, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj is a variant of the Blackhole Exploit Kit that uses software vulnerabilities to install malware onto your PC without your permission. Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj's drive-by-download attacks currently are being promoted by a spam e-mail campaign that disguises its messages as notifications from Facebook. While Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj's current payload has yet to be analyzed, attack campaigns related to drive-by-download-based PC threats usually involve the distribution of high-level malware, including backdoor Trojans and various forms of spyware. Accordingly, SpywareRemove.com malware research team recommends using anti-malware software to remove the results of an Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj attack as soon as possible and take all necessary precautions to avoid its malicious e-mail links.

Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj – When 'Facebook' Faces Your PC Towards Danger

Far from a unique PC threat, Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj is no less dangerous for lacking originality in its attacks, which may install malware onto your computer as soon as an unprotected Web browser loads an Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj-hosting Web page. These Web pages usually are disguised as beneficial website links, and previous spam e-mail messages promoting Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj have been known to disguise Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj Web links as links to Facebook 'confirm that you're friends' requests. SpywareRemove.com malware experts also note that these links include a typical HXXP URL-obfuscation technique that also can hinder some types of browser security features (by hiding the fact that the link leads to a HTTP address).

Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj's attacks predominantly use Adobe Reader and Acrobat exploits, including many which have been corrected by security patches. However, an unpatched or otherwise vulnerable PC may be infected as soon as it's exposed to an Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj-hosting website. Unfortunately, SpywareRemove.com malware experts have not yet analyzed Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj's payload (the malware that Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj installs), but, based on previous attacks of a similar nature, it's highly likely that Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj is distributing high-level spyware or Trojans with backdoor capabilities.

Keeping Your Browser from Being the Next One to Be Exploited by Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj

Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj, like all drive-by-download-based PC threats, may be avoided in large part via enacting appropriate browser security. Updating vulnerable programs, such as Adobe Reader or Java, will reduce the amount of exploits available to Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj. Of course, navigating to Facebook manually instead of trusting a spam e-mail link is an even more foolproof way of avoiding Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj's attack than that, and Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj does have the potential to use zero-day exploits that aren't blocked by security patches.

SpywareRemove.com malware researchers always recommend scanning your entire PC with anti-malware tools after any contact with sites related to Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj or other drive-by-download attacks. The exploit kits that are responsible for such attacks almost always will infect your PC without creating any obvious symptoms and tend to specialize in stealthy variants of malicious software that may steal personal information or grant criminals remote access to your computer.

Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj

Threat Metric

Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj – When 'Facebook' Faces Your PC Towards Danger

Keeping Your Browser from Being the Next One to Be Exploited by Exploit.Script.Pdfka.btvxj

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