Drixed: the trojan that comeback more powerfull

You receive an email about an unpaid bill, which must be resolved quickly? So beware! The attachment is none other than a Word document that hides malicious code.


Image source: BitDefender


This email written in a tone of urgency inspire more than one person to open the attached document, just curious ... These emails that look alike are written in a quite correct French, which puts only not necessarily a flea in the ear directly.

If you open the Word document, it will download a script in Visual Basic malicious code "Drixed". The malware on your machine can evolve in various forms: banking trojans, cryptoware or spyware.

Note Bitdefender detects the malware as "Trojan.Downloader.Drixed.C".

In no circumstances should you open the attachment, so do not hesitate to notify your users. Always keep in mind that we must be wary of attachments especially when one does not know the sender!

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