Trojan.PDF.Fraud

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).

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Platform: PDF

Developed by Adobe Systems, PDF (Portable Document Format) is a format used to present documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

Description

Malicious documents of this family contain, as a rule, a link to a phishing website or a link to a malicious program that mimics a document.

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