HTML/Rce.Gen - Malware

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Virus:	HTML/Rce.Gen
Date discovered:	14/08/2007
Type:	Trojan
In the wild:	Yes
Reported Infections:	Low
Distribution Potential:	Low
Damage Potential:	Low
Static file:	No
Engine version:	7.04.01.62

Special detection HTML/Rce.Gen

Description:
One major goal of malware authors is to execute code on the victims computer. This Remote Code Execution can be achieved by using security holes in the web browser. The AHeAD HTML Heuristics detects the attempt to execute code and alerts it as HTML/Rce.Gen.

Version history:
The following engine updates were released in order to enhance detection:

   • 7.04.01.62   ( 14/08/2007 )
   • 7.06.00.40   ( 07/12/2007 )
   • 7.06.00.53   ( 24/01/2008 )
   • 7.08.00.04   ( 08/04/2008 )
   • 7.08.00.58   ( 19/06/2008 )
   • 7.08.00.64   ( 02/07/2008 )
   • 7.08.00.68   ( 15/07/2008 )
   • 7.09.00.26   ( 05/11/2008 )

See a brief description here.

Description inserted by Andrei Gherman on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:51 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Andrei Ivanes on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:05 (GMT+1)

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