Trend Micro Virus Report - July 2001 Issue # 2

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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 13, 2001 Issue Number: 07/02
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1. TREND MICRO UPDATES: Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates
2. Up in Smoke -- PE_MARI.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: 913 http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp
SCAN ENGINE: 5.420 http://www.antivirus.com/download/engines/

2. Up in Smoke - PE_MARI.A
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PE_MARI.A is currently spreading in-the-wild, via Microsoft Outlook. It arrives
in an email with the subject line "Hi" and the attachment SYSTEM32.EXE. Upon
execution, this virus drops a copy of itself as SYSTEM32.EXE in the Windows directory.
It remains memory resident and displays the icon of a marijuana leaf on the taskbar. Clicking on the leaf icon displays a message box with a political message about
legalizing marijuana.

For additional information about PE_MARI.A, please visit Trend Micro at:
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=PE_MARI.A

PE_MARI.A is detected and cleaned by Trend Micro pattern file #900.

3. 10 Most Prevalent In-The-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
(week of: July 2, 2001 to July 8, 2001)
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1. VBS_HAPTIME.A
2. TROJ_BADTRANS.A
3. PE_MAGISTR.A
4. JS_KAKWORM.A
5. TROJ_CHOKE.A
6. TROJ_MTX.A
7. TROJ_HYBRIS.M
8. TROJ_HYBRIS.DLL
9. PE_MAGISTR.DAM
10. TROJ_HYBRIS.B

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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. JS_KAKWORM.A
2. PE_MAGISTR.A
3. PE_MAGISTR.DAM
4. TROJ_LEAVE.A
5. TROJ_CHOKE.A
6. TROJ_BADTRANS.A
7. JS_SEEKER.A
8. X97M_CLASSIC
9. W97M_MARKER.EE
10. VBS_IESTART.B

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