Fujacks

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Fujacks is a worm that spreads through network shares protected by weak passwords. It also propagates by copying itself to local hard drives. Furthermore, the parasite attempts to infect all executable files it finds on the compromised computer. Fujacks carries a dangerous payload. It terminates running popular antiviruses, firewalls and other security-related applications. It may also delete some executable files and disable installed security software. The worm secretly runs on every Windows startup.

Overview

The W32/Fujacks.worm attempts to infect files on the victim's system and tries to download additional trojans from a remote website.

Aliases

* PE_FUJACKS.E-O (Trend Micro)
* W32.Fujacks.B (Symantec)
* Worm.Win32.Delf.bd (Kaspersky)

Method of Infection

W32/Fujacks.worm is a file infector that can spread over network drives and shared folders. Infected html files can download the file infector when opened in browser.

References

* http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-fujacks.html
* http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_141204.htm