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File Reputation alert

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All alerts that have iv_alert.alertType = 7 are File Reputation alerts. The iv_alert_data.typeSpecific data has the following format.

File reputation alert

Note

The port-type mapping bit is not currently used but allocated for future use.

The details of the alert are as follows:

Number of bytes Value
Variable Port type
Variable Malware classification
Variable The level of malicious content in the file
Variable File type
Variable MD5 hash value of the file

The following table describes file type mapping.

Value File type
1 exe
2 dll
3 cpl
4 ocx
5 sys
6 scr
7 drv
8 com
9 doc
10 docx
11 ppt
12 pptx
13 xls
14 xlsx
15 pdf

The following table describes dirtiness level mapping.

Value Dirtiness level
0 Not applicable
2 Hash denotes a heuristic score less than 10
4 Hash denotes a heuristic score between 10 and 39
8 Hash denotes a heuristic score between 40 and 74
16 Hash denotes a heuristic score between 75 and 100
32 Hash denotes a heuristic score above 100
64 Hash is assumed clean

The following table describes classification mapping.

Value Classification
0 No classification
2 Application
4 Virus
8 Trojan
16 Application