HTML/ADODB.Exploit.Gen - Malware

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Virus:	HTML/ADODB.Exploit.Gen
Date discovered:	18/07/2007
Type:	Exploit
In the wild:	Yes
Reported Infections:	Low
Distribution Potential:	Low
Damage Potential:	Low
Static file:	No
Engine version:	7.04.00.44

Special detection HTML/ADODB.Exploit.Gen

Description:
Adodb allows the automatic downloading of a file. This page or script within it contains an Adodb object used to start this kind of download. Downloading files without the user noticing it is very dangerous and is used by malware authors to distribute executable malware.

Version history:
The following engine updates were released in order to enhance detection:

   • 7.04.00.44   ( 18/07/2007 )
   • 7.06.00.40   ( 07/12/2007 )
   • 7.06.00.84   ( 10/04/2008 )
   • 7.08.00.58   ( 19/06/2008 )

See a brief description here.

Description inserted by Andrei Gherman on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:29 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Andrei Ivanes on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:30 (GMT+1)

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