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Spam.A

 
Threat LevelHigh threat
DamageSevere
DistributionNot widespread

Effects

Spam.A allows hackers to get into and carry out dangerous actions in affected computers, such as capturing screenshots, stealing personal data, etc.

 

Means of transmission 


Spam.A 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  

Spam.A has the following additional characteristics:

  • It is written in the programming language Visual C++ 6.
  • It is 50176 bytes in size.
  • It is compressed with Upx.