November 25, 2014 | BY Armando Orozco
Computer malware can have a long arms reach, given the right environment. In today’s computing age there are more platforms for malware to crossover and spread, easily latching on to their favorite file hosts.
Recently, we came across some Android apps infected with the VBS file infector Ramnit residing in Google’s Play Store.
File infectors can be very destructive to a victims PC, typically they search the file system for certain file types to infect.
The Ramnit Trojan searches the Windows file system for .exe, .dll, and .html file types to append their malicious code. Each infected file is able to ensure the infection is persistent and capable of spreading to other systems.
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