Mal/Zbot-EZ
Posted: January 11, 2012
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Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
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% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Ranking: | 931 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 98,417 |
First Seen: | January 11, 2012 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Mal/Zbot-EZ is a hazardous Trojan and part of the spam emails allegedly coming from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The fake FDIC emails state to carry important information about the recipient's bank. The bogus emails include an infected ZIP file which contains a malicious payload, generated to corrupt Windows PCs. The subject line of the malicious email is 'FDIC: About your business account', followed by a random code number. The attached file name, which contains Mal/Zbot-EZ, is 'FDIC_Information_About-your-business-account-JAN2012-XXXXX.zip', where 'XXXXX' is a random number. If you receive such false FDIC email, do not open and run the attached malicious file to prevent Mal/Zbot-EZ from infecting your computer system.
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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:%SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp:winupd.exe
File name: Temp:winupd.exeSize: 225.79 KB (225792 bytes)
MD5: cb9c5a1af903d39c1e7c9b7613197636
Detection count: 84
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 28, 2013
%SystemDrive%\process\FC78BA65CC5.exe
File name: FC78BA65CC5.exeSize: 592.89 KB (592896 bytes)
MD5: d40510e40ac66d9899516e0c0c0587a0
Detection count: 61
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\process
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2013
%SystemDrive%\Romano.Bin\9A0B33B18B1.exe
File name: 9A0B33B18B1.exeSize: 289.79 KB (289792 bytes)
MD5: ee29999784a54829fb1ceb0f411ea504
Detection count: 54
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Romano.Bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 30, 2012
%APPDATA%\Sun\{4E0A7E4D-2058-4115-B4DB-64318D83F088}\Validator.exe
File name: Validator.exeSize: 321.02 KB (321024 bytes)
MD5: 5371dfabb534e53f72d18cddcba4099c
Detection count: 41
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\Sun\{4E0A7E4D-2058-4115-B4DB-64318D83F088}
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 1, 2012
%TEMP%\Dropbox.exe
File name: Dropbox.exeSize: 244.73 KB (244736 bytes)
MD5: 6a4624faa5b7ad3f383d55c18a3a168f
Detection count: 11
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 16, 2013
%SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp:winupd.exe
File name: Temp:winupd.exeSize: 247.29 KB (247296 bytes)
MD5: c41b38e843b797192a0e417f9afff924
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2012
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