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Troj/Agent-URP

Posted: February 29, 2012

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 8/10
Infected PCs: 7
First Seen: February 29, 2012
Last Seen: January 14, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Troj/Agent-URP is a Trojan included in fake RIAA emails spreading online. Spam emails pretend to be messages from RIAA. Malicious emails display a catchy header: 'Notification of Copyright Violation' and tell a recipient that RIAA has found his/her IP address delivering copyrighted material. Therefore, a recipient is asked to go through a given attachment, which allegedly contains the details about illegal Internet-traffic and how he/she will be blamed for copyright violation and put under usual legitimate procedures.

Creators of bogus RIAA emails deceptively try to get the recipient to open the attachment that includes Troj/Agent-URP, which automatically makes a telephone call to Russia apparently in fear that the recipient may get sued. The fraudulent email is further flawed because when a recipient does anything unlawful, it's his ISP, which will contact him/her to report that certain party had filed a case against him/her. A most likely way of reporting the PC user will be via authorized postal correspondence. This isn't the case with the fake 'Notification of Copyright Violation' email. Therefore, the main thing is to simply delete these types of scam emails and run a complete PC system scan with a reputable anti-virus program.

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