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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
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