Parent class: TrojWare
Trojans are malicious programs that perform actions which are not authorized by the user: they delete, block, modify or copy data, and they disrupt the performance of computers or computer networks. Unlike viruses and worms, the threats that fall into this category are unable to make copies of themselves or self-replicate. Trojans are classified according to the type of action they perform on an infected computer.Class: Trojan
A malicious program designed to electronically spy on the user’s activities (intercept keyboard input, take screenshots, capture a list of active applications, etc.). The collected information is sent to the cybercriminal by various means, including email, FTP, and HTTP (by sending data in a request).Read more
Platform: VBS
Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) is a scripting language interpreted by Windows Script Host. VBScript is widely used to create scripts on Microsoft Windows operating systems.Description
Technical Details
Mariquita is not a real trojan virus; it is written in the Visual Basic Script language (VBS).'Mariquita' launches the NotePad application and creates the text document "marquita.txt"
The 'mariquita.txt' document contains the following text:
Hola soy un virus
CHIMPUN
Next the virus starts MS Outlook and tries to create new email messages.
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