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JS/Generic Exploit.i
- Type
- Trojan
- SubType
- Script
- Discovery Date
- 07/28/2008
- Length
- varies
- Minimum DAT
- 5348 (07/28/2008)
- Updated DAT
- 5349 (07/29/2008)
- Minimum Engine
- 5.2.00
- Description Added
- 07/28/2008
- Description Modified
- 08/13/2008 12:22 PM (PT)
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Characteristics
This is a generic detection. Specific payloads, urls, or IP address may very for specific samples. The most commonly observed behaviors associated with this malware result in a binary or executable file being run on the victims computer without user confirmation.
Symptoms
The presence of download files resulting from the script execution.
Method of Infection
Browsing an infected website containing this script.
Removal
All Users:
Use current engine and DAT files for detection and removal.
Modifications made to the system Registry and/or INI files for the purposes of hooking system startup, will be successfully removed if cleaning with the recommended engine and DAT combination (or higher).
Variants
Variants
N/A
All Information
Overview -
JS/Generic Exploit.i is a detection for suspiciously encoded javascript. Scripts containing certain attributes used to maliciously exploit a browser or other web content rendering mechanisms are detected under this classification name.
Characteristics
Characteristics -
This is a generic detection. Specific payloads, urls, or IP address may very for specific samples. The most commonly observed behaviors associated with this malware result in a binary or executable file being run on the victims computer without user confirmation.
Symptoms
Symptoms -
The presence of download files resulting from the script execution.
Method of Infection
Method of Infection -
Browsing an infected website containing this script.
Removal -
Removal -
All Users:
Use current engine and DAT files for detection and removal.
Modifications made to the system Registry and/or INI files for the purposes of hooking system startup, will be successfully removed if cleaning with the recommended engine and DAT combination (or higher).
Additional Windows ME/XP removal considerations
Variants
Variants -
N/A
