alert tcp $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"BLEEDING-EDGE MALWARE User Agent Containing http\:// - Suspicious - Likely Spyware/Trojan"; flow:to_server,established; content:"User-Agent\:"; nocase; content:!"rss"; nocase; pcre:"/User-Agent\:[^\n]+http\:\/\//i"; classtype:trojan-activity; sid:2003394; rev:2;)

Added 2007-07-09 04:46:10 UTC

Some false postives:

1. Someone who uses the Web Browser www.balsa.com.
2. Googlebot: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)

-- CarlaFreitas - 27 Feb 2008

Additional false positive: 1.) Someone who goes to hotmail.com

-- MichelleDeMansana - 10 Apr 2008

alert tcp $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"BLEEDING-EDGE MALWARE User Agent Containing http\:// - Possible Spyware"; flow:to_server,established; content:"User-Agent\:"; nocase; pcre:"/User-Agent\:[^\n]+http\:\/\//i"; classtype:trojan-activity; sid:2003394; rev:1;)