Riskware/NetFilter

Analysis

Riskware/NetFilter is a highly generic detection for a set of Riskware samples. Most of these samples are unwanted application and may carry undesirable components during installation. Since this is a generic detection, malware that are detected as Riskware/NetFilter may have varying behaviour.

• Below are some samples of illustration we observed during the tests of several samples:
  

  Figure 1: Installer.

  
  

  Figure 2: Installer.

  
  

  Figure 3: Installer.

  
  

  Figure 4: Application.

  
  

  Figure 5: Installer.

  
  

  Figure 6: Installer.

  
  

Recommended Action

• Make sure that your FortiGate/FortiClient system is using the latest AV database.
• Quarantine/delete files that are detected and replace infected files with clean backup copies.