Trend Virus Report - June 2001 Issue # 5

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V I R U S R E P O R T
    
(by the Trend Micro US Virus Research Group)
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Date: 06.29.2001 Issue Number: 06/05
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1. TREND MICRO UPDATES: Pattern File and Scan Engine Update
2. New Backdoor Trojan -- TROJ_LEAVE.A
3. 10 Most Prevalent In-the-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
4. Top 10 Viruses Trend Micro US Customers are Most Concerned About
5. Posting to Newsgroups -- TROJ_NEWSFLOOD.A
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1. TREND MICRO UPDATES: Scan Engine and Pattern File Updates
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PATTERN FILE: 907 http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp
SCAN ENGINE: 5.400 http://www.antivirus.com/download/engines/
  
2. New Backdoor Trojan -- TROJ_LEAVE.A
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TROJ_LEAVE.A is a new, non-destructive, memory-resident, backdoor Trojan that
causes an infected system to slow down. Upon execution it copies itself to a
.DLL file in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory and then modifies the registry. The
Trojan automatically deletes itself after execution.
 
For additional information about TROJ_LEAVE.A, please visit Trend Micro at:
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ_LEAVE.A
 
TROJ_LEAVE.A is detected and cleaned by Trend Micro pattern file #906.
 
3. 10 Most Prevalent In-The-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
(week of: 06/18/2001 to 06/24/2001)
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1. PE_MAGISTR.A
2. TROJ_BADTRANS.A
3. VBS_HAPTIME.A
4. JS_KAKWORM.A
5. PE_MAGISTR.DAM
6. TROJ_BYMER
7. JOKE_SLIPPERY.A
8. JS_SEEKER.D
9. TROJ_MTX.A
10. TROJ_HYBRIS.B
 
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4. Top 10 Viruses Trend Micro US Customers are Most Concerned About
   (where systems were not infected)
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1. VBS_MCON.C
2. VBS_LOVELETTER.A
3. VBS_HOMEPAGE.A
4. POLYBOOT-B
5. PE_MAGISTR.A
6. PE_FUNLOVE.4099
7. JOKE_SCROLL.A
8. JOKE_DOH
9. VBS_HAPTIME.A
10. TROJ_BADTRANS.A
 
5. Posting to Newsgroups -- TROJ_NEWSFLOOD.A
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TROJ_NEWSFLOOD.A is a new, non-destructive Trojan that connects to certain newsgroups
upon execution and posts messages using random email addresses, subject fields,
and message bodies with itself as an attachment.
 
For additional information about TROJ_NEWSFLOOD.A, please visit Trend Micro at:
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ_NEWSFLOOD.A
 
TROJ_NEWSFLOOD.A is detected and cleaned by Trend Micro pattern file #903.
 
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Received on Fri, 29 Jun 2001 15:48:00 -0700