Threat Database Worms Worm.Ructo.B

Worm.Ructo.B

By JubileeX in Worms

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 24
First Seen: February 7, 2011
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Worm.Ructo.B is a malignant worm application which propagates to different PC systems via Windows Live Messenger. Worm.Ructo.B is a highly dangerous computer parasite that does not make its invasion to or existence on the computer system evident to the targeted user, and will indeed make effort and stay hidden in the background. Worm.Ructo.B will further attempt and trick PC users and security software by randomly creating and deleting files from the computer system. Worm.Ructo.B is also known for reducing the security settings in Internet Explorer, in effect making it much easier for other parasites and infections to get access to the machine.

Aliases

15 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.

Anti-Virus Software Detection
AVG Generic17.BTZU
Ikarus Virus.Win32.Agent
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Trojan.H
AntiVir WORM/Rbot.Gen
DrWeb DLOADER.Trojan
BitDefender Generic.Malware.SFYddldg.D28262C9
Avast Win32:Agent-AILA
F-Prot W32/Heuristic-257!Eldorado
NOD32 probably unknown NewHeur_PE
Panda Trj/CI.A
AVG Generic20.AQCX
Fortinet W32/LdPinch.PAK!tr.pws
Ikarus Backdoor.Rbot
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.MSNPass
Microsoft Worm:Win32/Ructo.B

SpyHunter Detects & Remove Worm.Ructo.B

File System Details

Worm.Ructo.B may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. mplayer2.exe d2e830ccacd9c60e7396edb9dd15b1bc 18
2. webtvextremel.exe fc108bdcd0e204b2dee8a05b486aa9aa 6

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