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Imagefap | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
At a glance
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| Common name: | Imagefap |
| Technical name: | Adware/Imagefap |
| Threat level: | Medium |
| Type: | Spyware |
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Subtype:
| Adware |
| Effects: |
It collects information on Internet usage and the applications installed in the computer and uses it to display pop-up advertisements.
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| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
| First detected on: | July 19, 2006 |
| Detection updated on: | Sept. 5, 2006 |
| Statistics | No |
Proactive protection: | Yes, using TruPrevent Technologies
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Brief Description | |
Adware refers to programs that display advertising using any means: pop-ups, banners, changes to the browser home page or search page, etc. The advertisements could be associated with the products or services offered by the creator of the program or by third-parties. Adware can be installed in a number of ways, on some occasions without users' consent, and either with or without users' knowledge of its function. Imagefap prevents access from programs to websites of several companies related with security tools (antivirus programs, firewalls, etc.). Imagefap redirects attempts to access web pages of certain banks to spoofed pages, with the aim of logging information entered by the user in these pages. Imagefap redirects attempts to access several web pages to a specific IP address. Imagefap uses the following propagation or distribution methods: - Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
- Via Internet, exploiting remote vulnerabilities: attacking random IP addresses, in which it tries to insert a copy of itself by exploiting one or more vulnerabilities.
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Tech details
Effects |
Imagefap carries out the following actions: Imagefap displays advertising on the screen using any means: pop-ups, banners, changes to the browser home page or search page, etc. The advertisements could be associated to the products or services offered by the creator of the program or third-parties.
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Means of transmission
Imagefap does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs the attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.
Further Details
Imagefap has the following additional characteristics:
- It is written in the programming language Visual Basic 6.
- It is 24576 bytes in size.
