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|First detected on:||June 2, 2006|
|Detection updated on:||June 2, 2006|
Zaratrustra is a worm that spreads by copying itself, without infecting other files.
It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy:
passwords saved by certain Windows services.
Zaratrustra prevents access from programs to websites of several companies related with security tools (antivirus programs, firewalls, etc.).
Zaratrustra uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
- Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
- Email: sending emails that include a copy of itself as an attachment. The computer is infected when the attachment is run.