Email-Worm.VBS.Gedza
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| Ranking: | 16,191 |
| Threat Level: | 90 % (High) |
| Infected Computers: | 148 |
| First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
| Last Seen: | July 5, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Gedza is a worm virus that spreads through email, network shares, P2P file sharing programs, and IRC. Once executed, Gedza will attempt to infect Word and Excel documents on your system with a VBS macro virus. This worm is known to cause frequent crashes. This virus may also display a JPG image of Avril Lavigne. Gedza will also display annoying messages, based on date. This virus is believed to originate from Spain.
Table of Contents
Aliases
15 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
|---|---|
| TrendMicro | VBS_GEDZA.A |
| Symantec | VBS.Gaggle.E@mm |
| Sunbelt | Email-Worm.VBS.Gedza (v) |
| Sophos | VBS/Cazdeg-D |
| Prevx1 | Medium Risk Malware |
| Panda | VBS/Lefarsi.A |
| NOD32 | Win32/Gedza.A |
| Microsoft | Virus:VBS/Gedza.A |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Worm.Gedza.3 |
| K7AntiVirus | VBS.Gedza.A |
| Ikarus | Email-Worm.VBS.Gedza |
| F-Secure | Email-Worm:VBS/Gedza.A |
| eTrust-Vet | VBS/Gedza.A |
| eSafe | VBS.Stage_A_2. |
| DrWeb | VBS.Generic.341 |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove Email-Worm.VBS.Gedza
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | malware.exe | 8bb9e14d6823980c5741b3f20e8b0f91 | 37 |
| 2. | cdinfectedsp.exe | 57c3939773079ba41d83133ffc64a5eb | 21 |
| 3. | sendi.exe | c53891b875772e28f3a9ce1477bebdeb | 20 |
| 4. | Virus.Win32.HLLW.Gedac | 68f8709582af252dcc360b1569519d7d | 10 |
| 5. | Virus.Win32.HLLW.Gezak | 221eab3320f2a0627ec9fa33d5253ce4 | 5 |
| 6. | malware.exe | d7e3c803dbc2f5cdfd140d5beaafd312 | 2 |
| 7. | malware.exe | 220a8ef96e9eeb785c1249a7787be63e | 2 |
| 8. | malware.exe | dd6706acd11f769764b3cfbe3fb239f1 | 0 |
| 9. | malware.exe | ca7d31ad4bded64d85eae393174082c1 | 0 |
| 10. | svchost.exe | eeb757591bff75495b1924c139104360 | 0 |
| 11. | malware.exe | d9b9892f1657c65ff797f2fe9a239891 | 0 |
| 12. | malware.exe | d9ab9360b7175cd08f54015bfc2a0c6f | 0 |
| 13. | svshots.exe | fc16f8d2b88329bb03217e7acfd82fe3 | 0 |
