HOMETHREATSCovid22
MALWARE FAMILY

Covid22

Internal ID: win.covid22
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Destructive "joke" malware that ultimately deploys a wiper for the MBR.

Threat Analysis

Covid22 is a malware family tracked by threat intelligence researchers and catalogued in the Malpedia dataset. It represents a distinct malicious software lineage with identifiable code characteristics, behaviors, and victimology.

External References

→https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/to-joke-or-not-to-joke-covid-22-brings-disaster-to-mbr

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family
Aliases1

Also Known As

win.covid22

Research Links

MITRE ATT&CK VirusTotal Google (news) Twitter/X search
Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.
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