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Chir.M | |
Threat Level DamageDistribution |
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| Common name: | Chir.M |
| Technical name: | W32/Chir.M |
| Threat level: | Low |
| Type: | Virus |
| Effects: |
It carries out damaging actions on the affected computer.
It captures keystrokes.
It spreads
, via email.
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| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
| First detected on: | Dec. 14, 2009 |
| Detection updated on: | Dec. 15, 2009 |
| Statistics | No |
Brief Description | |
Chir.M is a virus that spreads to other computers by copying its code to other files or programs. It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy:
keystrokes, in order to obtain information for accessing online banking services, passwords and other confidential information. Chir.M 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.
- Email: sending emails that include a copy of itself as an attachment. The computer is infected when the attachment is run.
Chir.M uses the following infection strategies: - Resident: once it has been run, the virus goes memory resident and stops functions belonging to the operating system. Therefore, every time the operating system or an application tries to access any of these functions, the virus will activate and infect new files.
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