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Worm.Shopper.A

Posted: January 26, 2011

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 10/10
Infected PCs: 14
First Seen: July 24, 2009
Last Seen: March 2, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Worm.Shopper.A is a network-aware worm which attacks computers and attempts to replicate across networks, mostly in workplace environments. Worm.Shopper.A was designed to gather sensitive information from computer systems, such as credit card numbers and other personal information which may be used for bribery and other malicious intentions.

Worm.Shopper.A is capable of mutating, replacing its own code by itself, and is extremely difficult to find and remove from any infected system. Worm.Shopper.A is no exception – it will hide itself and may further propagate itself onto a network of systems, if given half the chance. Worm.Shopper.A will not copy itself into the file attachment to infect the emails; instead it is accompanied by a component which is able to download other malicious programs via the Internet. Once embedded within a computer system, Worm.Shopper.A will continue to send infected messages to all the email addresses harvested from the victims’ machine. Remove Worm.Shopper.A immediately before it wreaks havoc on your system and spreads to infect more PCs.

Aliases

Worm.Shopper.A [McAfee-GW-Edition]Trojan-PWS.Agent.rtt [Ikarus]W32/Shopper.A [Authentium]Worm/Shopper.A [AntiVir]
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