dotdo is classified as adware or a potentially-unwanted program associated with intrusive advertising or bundling. It has one or more associated MITRE ATT&CK technique references (linked on this page) that document the behaviors observed for it. We have not yet published a hand-verified detailed profile for this family; the MITRE references below are the authoritative source for its documented techniques.
Threat reports may refer to this family under multiple names:
This family has been observed using the following ATT&CK techniques: T1176 T1112 T1204.002
These YARA and Sigma rules are auto-generated based on the family name and aliases. They must be heavily tuned before deployment in a production environment.
rule MALWARE_WIN_DOTDO {
meta:
description = "Detects Dotdo (adware)"
author = "SystemHelpdesk Boilerplate Generator"
date = "2026-07-06"
strings:
$s1 = "dotdo" ascii wide nocase
$s2 = "dotdo_hijacker" ascii wide nocase
$s3 = "dotdo_adware" ascii wide nocase
$s4 = "dot.do" ascii wide nocase
condition:
uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and any of them
}title: Suspicious Dotdo Activity
id: 0e60484055d6bd3b33fd88bd8f13721f
status: experimental
description: Detects generic indicators of the dotdo malware family.
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
Image|endswith:
- '\cmd.exe'
- '\powershell.exe'
CommandLine|contains:
- "*dotdo*"
- "*dotdo_hijacker*"
- "*dotdo_adware*"
- "*dot.do*"
condition: selection
level: mediumRefer to the linked MITRE ATT&CK technique pages, which document the behaviors associated with this family.
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Get this profile as JSON: https://jordanricky1604-ship-it.github.io/malware-families-catalog/api/dotdo.json
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