Trend Virus Report - July 2001 Issue # 1

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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: July 6, 2001 Issue Number: 07/01
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1. TREND MICRO UPDATES: Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates
2. Spreading via Network Drives and Email -- TROJ_LINONG.A
3. 10 Most Prevalent In-the-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
4. Top 10 Viruses Trend Micro's US Customers are Most Concerned About
5. Test Your Virus Knowledge & Scan Your Computer FREE!
  
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1. TREND MICRO UPDATES: Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates
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PATTERN FILE: 909 http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp
SCAN ENGINE: 5.400 http://www.antivirus.com/download/engines/
  
2. Spreading via Network Drives and Email -- TROJ_LINONG.A
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TROJ_LINONG.A spreads via network drives and email. It sends itself to all
addresses listed in an infected user's MAPI address book. This email has various
subject headers and infected attachment filenames. The Trojan does not have a
destructive payload but may perform any or all of the following:
- resets the start page of Internet Explorer
- displays a message
- create 600 new folders in an infected user's C:\ drive

For additional information about TROJ_LINONG.A, please visit Trend Micro at:
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ_LINONG.A
 
TROJ_LINONG.A is detected and cleaned by Trend Micro pattern file #908.
 
3. 10 Most Prevalent In-The-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
(week of: June 25, 2001 to July 1, 2001)
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1. PE_MAGISTR.A
2. TROJ_BADTRANS.A
3. VBS_HAPTIME.A
4. JS_KAKWORM.A
5. TROJ_CHOKE.A
6. TROJ_HYBRIS.M
7. VBS_HATRED.C2
8. TROJ_BYMER
9. TROJ_MTX.A
10. PE_MAGISTR.DAM
 
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4. Top 10 Viruses Trend Micro's US Customers are Most Concerned About
   (where systems were not infected)
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1. TROJ_BADTRANS.A
2. PE_MAGISTR.DAM
3. TROJ_LEAVE.A
4. TROJ_CHOKE.A
5. PE_MAGISTR.A
6. PE_FUNLOVE.4099
7. PE_CIH
8. PE_MTX.A
9. VBS_HAPTIME.B
10. TROJ_SKA.WSOCK32
 
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Received on Fri, 6 Jul 2001 11:41:30 -0700