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RELEASEPUBLIC METADATA

Messiah 3.0

Historical release reference. Classification and release details are attributed to Malware Museum.

Reference details

Primary displayed family label
Messiah
Source category
Historical reference
Release version
3.0
Source classification
Remote Access
Reported author
Splinter
Reported origin
Unknown 🏴‍☠️
Language
Visual Basic 6 (VB6)
Source context
Reported release date: Oct, 2004, 21 years, 11 months ago.
First reported
Not reported
Last reported
Not reported
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 04:56 UTC
Record ID
9878cfde0289f9abe3da8a6625ca6c59bfe801f9a98136d3c3038ddf485d1cb9

Source family labels

Messiah

Reported filenames

COMDLG32.OCXMSWINSCK.OCXRICHTX32.OCXMessiah v3 Client and Server builder.exe

Documented features

Clipboard ManagerDestructive OperationsFile ManagerKeyloggerRemote Desktop / Screen CaptureShell AccessSystem Information Gathering

Published indicators

Network indicators are visibly defanged. This page does not make them clickable or send them to another service.

No validated file hashes or network indicators are stored for this record.

Source observations

malware_museum

Source-provided label
Messiah
Evidence class
historical reference
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Not reported
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 04:56 UTC

This record contains metadata and attribution only. It does not host, download, unpack, render, or execute malware samples.

Feed collection status

Sources represented on this page. Publication and observation dates describe the content; successful batch dates describe local collection. A recent batch does not certify complete coverage or current provider availability.

1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 1 paused, 0 unverified.

Review source update dates and status
  • malware_museumCollection pausedLast successful batch: Unverified

Stale means older than twice the recorded collection interval, with a minimum of one hour; without an interval, the threshold is 24 hours. Cached content remains available while a feed is stale, paused, or unverified.