Trend Micro Weekly Virus Report

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Trend Micro Weekly Virus Report
(by TrendLabs Global Antivirus and Research Center)

Date: Friday January 27, 2006

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1. Trend Micro Updates - Pattern File & Scan Engine Updates
2. Sending Mobile Malware - SYMBOS_SNDTOOL.A (Low Risk)
3. Top 10 Most Prevalant Global Malware
4. Online Survey for NetApp Filer Customers - Give us your Feedback

1. Trend Micro Updates - Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates

PATTERN FILE: 3.181.00
SCAN ENGINE: 8.000

2. Sending Mobile Malware - SYMBOS_SNDTOOL.A (Low Risk)

SYMBOS_SNDTOOL.A is Symbian malware that affects mobile devices running the Symbian operating system with the Series 60 Platform user interface. This malware is currently spreading in-the-wild and infecting the following phone models:

Nokia 3600
Nokia 3620
Nokia 3650
Nokia 3660
Nokia 6600
Nokia 6620
Nokia 7610
Nokia 7650
Nokia N-Gage
Panasonic X700
Sendo X
Siemens SX1

Once installed on an affected mobile device, it drops files in a specified drive of the affected phone. It then searches for online Bluetooth devices and sends to the first online device it finds the following possibly-malicious file specified in PATH.TXT:

LE:\pbcompressor.Sis

(Note: LE is not a valid path for the Symbian platform.)

If you would like to scan your computer for SYMBOS_SNDTOOL.A or thousands of other worms, viruses, Trojans and malicious code, visit HouseCall, Trend Micro's free, online virus scanner at: housecall.trendmicro.com/

For additional information about the SYMBOS_SNDTOOL.A please visit:
www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=SYMBOS_SNDTOOL.A

3. Top 10 Most Prevalent Global Malware
(from January 20 to January 26, 2006)
1. WORM_GREW.A
2. SPYW_DASHBAR.300
3. SPYW_GATOR.F
4. HTML_NETSKY.P
5. WORM_MOFEI.B
6. WORM_NETSKY.P
7. EXPL_WMF.GEN
8. ADW_TBARWIN32.A
9. ADW_SLAGENT.A
10. JAVA_BYTEVER.A

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