Trojan-dropper:JS/PdfDropper identifies specially-crafted PDF files that drop and execute a document file. The dropped document file in turn contains code that downloads and runs additional harmful programs.
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Security programs will sometimes unintentionally identify a clean program or file as malicious if its code or behavior is similar to a known harmful program or file. This is known as a False Positive. In most cases, a False Positive is fixed in a subsequent database release.
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The PdfDropper file is usually distributed in spam email campaigns. Its appearance and content is usually designed to lure unsuspecting users into opening the file. The PDF file is specially crafted to contain and deliver a document file, which in turn has malicious macro code embedded in it.
Opening the PDF file causes JavaScript code included in it to run, which drops and opens the document file. This executes the embedded macro code, which contacts a remote server to download and run other harmful programs on the machine.
In previously analyzed samples, the downloaded programs include ransomware (Locky) and banking trojans (Dridex).
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