It allows to get into the affected computer.
It does not spread automatically using its own means.
Affected platforms:
Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95
First detected on:
Dec. 1, 2006
Detection updated on:
June 18, 2010
Statistics
No
Proactive protection:
Yes, using TruPrevent Technologies
Brief Description
Generic Malware is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions: screenlogging, stealing personal data, etc.
Generic Malware 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.
It is dropped or downloaded to the computer by other malware specimens, for example: Multidropper.RGN, Dropper.XW, Multidropper.RHU, Multidropper.RIS, Multidropper.RLF, Multidropper.RMA, Multidropper.RMB.