Spyware Information: CodeCrypt 0.15b
This is a file masking tool. Such tools are used by viruses and spyware to mask their identities from software that is designed to find them and shut them down. To accomplish this, the tools may add unusable space to the files, or combine multiple files into one.
- Size: 33,792 bytes
- Threat level: Medium (more info...)
- Detections: 248 this month: 0
- Author: Defiler
- Appeared: February, 2000
Research
- Security issues: CodeCrypt 0.15b can encrypt code sections of a file to prevent their content from being viewed without a password or decrypt key. This is commonly used to hide files from anti-virus and anti-spyware programs.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,650
- Detections this Month: 797


