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Imagefap

 
Threat LevelHigh threat
DamageSevere
DistributionNot widespread

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.

 

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.