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Malware.Linkfars

Posted: May 11, 2010

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 26
First Seen: December 1, 2010
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Malware.Linkfars is a network-aware computer worm which attempts to replicate across existing networks. Malware.Linkfars requests malicious files from the Internet and has the ability to send out email messages with a built-in SMTP client engine which can send private emails directly to a recipient mail server for malicious purposes. Malware.Linkfars contains characteristics of an identified security risk and should be removed from the system.

Aliases

W32/Nahkos.D.worm [Panda]SHeur.AKKW [AVG]Win32/Agent.worm.155648.C [AhnLab-V3]Worm:Win32/Autorun.GZ [Microsoft]W32.SillyFDC [Symantec]Worm/Win32.Malas [Antiy-AVL]Win32/Malas.E [eTrust-Vet]W32/Malas-E [Sophos]Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.L [McAfee-GW-Edition]Mal_Otorun7 [TrendMicro]Worm/Khanani.A [AntiVir]Win32.HLLW.Asalam [DrWeb]Win32.Worm.P2p.Agent.AL [BitDefender]P2P-Worm.Win32.Malas.r [Kaspersky]Worm.AutoRun-950 [ClamAV]
More aliases (28)

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\AdobeUpdate.exe File name: AdobeUpdate.exe
Size: 155.64 KB (155648 bytes)
MD5: 3e32a6ee1982891a652f88f5834b1a2f
Detection count: 26
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 1, 2010
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