Number 1 Viruses of the Day: Get Ready to Meet W32/RAHack

Multiple computer viruses are spreading much faster than the majority of us are updating our knowledge of them. Of course, we cannot get acquainted with viruses prior to their release. However, there is at least a way for you to keep in step with the release of these new viruses. Just follow what we have provided you and maybe you'll be able to get rid and avoid viruses infecting your computer.

According to VirusTotal - an online service providing free malware scanning for individual files - In the last 24 hours the following threats were detected the most often by their system:

Table 1.  Top Threats of the Day

As the RAHack malware, affecting 32 bit versions of Windows, was detected about 3 times more often than its closest "colleague", let's take a closer look at the RAHack itself. What are its main characteristics? How does it affect your system?

It has been determined that RAHack is a network-aware worm that uses known exploit(s) in order to replicate across vulnerable networks. The size of files dropping RAHack into your system varies from 60.000 to 70.000 bytes.

Below you can find alias names of the RAHack virus:

Table 2.  Alias Names of the RAHack Virus

This malware spreads by dropping a copy of itself into certain accessible systems in a network. It also spreads by dropping a polymorphed copy of itself upon exploiting Windows vulnerabilities. It uses existing user names on the targeted system, as well as predefined user names and passwords in order to perform the abovementioned propagation technique.