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JS.Brapps

Posted: July 1, 2013

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 255
First Seen: July 1, 2013
Last Seen: June 6, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

JS.Brapps is a worm that masquerades as a Firefox browser extension and proliferates through Facebook by posting links to the certain location. When a Firefox browser accesses the certain web address, the web browser strives to run JS.Brapps by installing the specific malicious Firefox extension. The Firefox extension name is recognized as 'Facebook 2013'. After the Firefox extension is installed, JS.Brapps may then execute malicious actions on the compromised PC. JS.Brapps posts comments on Facebook, changes Facebook status, adds Facebook followers and subscribes to Facebook pages.

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