Malware can be eliminated by adjusting your screen resolution, claimed by a new study. According to Forbes' previous report, a prevalent, notorious, and highly dangerous malware strain called "Trickbot" has burst onto the threat radar since 2016.
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Trickbot will terminate itself if the device is running at a resolution of 1024x768 or lower (800x600). The report explained that security researchers usually use these resolutions for malware VMs. The malware is provided with other clues to the virtual environment by VM's higher resolutions, which is enabled by low screen resolutions, acting as installing software.
Today's #Trickbot loaders with a screen resolution #antivm trick, if you have 800x600 or 1024x768 resolution - you are safe! ;] cc @VK_Intel @James_inthe_box @JAMESWT_MHT @abuse_ch pic.twitter.com/mbGE5IwLH0 — mak (@maciekkotowicz) June 30, 2020
However, the report claimed that since people wouldn't want to use their device at such low resolutions day-to-day, the discovery is bad for security researchers and everyone else. However, there are also other ways on how to eliminate Trickbot without sacrificing your screen resolution.
"This latest development, which checks whether the malware is being analyzed via checking screen resolution, will make it even more difficult for security teams to detect and mitigate the effects of TrickBot," said a senior security researcher at DomainTools, Tarija Saleh.
"The best advice for employees is to exert extreme caution when downloading anything that seems suspicious in over to avoid malware exfiltration in the first place," he added.
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