W97M/Ostrich.B

description-logoAnalysis

  • Virus exists within the class macro storage
  • Virus hooks Word event handler which prevents the opening or closing of infected files, or creating new ones in an infected host
  • Virus is highly polymorphic due to algorithmic variable replacement within its virus code
  • Virus contains a date comparison routine which is never true - the code will only execute if it is the 34th day of the month

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Detection Availability

FortiClient
Extreme
FortiMail
Extreme
FortiSandbox
Extreme
FortiWeb
Extreme
Web Application Firewall
Extreme
FortiIsolator
Extreme
FortiDeceptor
Extreme
FortiEDR

Version Updates

Date Version Detail
2019-09-17 71.67600 Sig Updated
2019-06-14 69.25800 Sig Added