Trend Micro Virus Report - August 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: August 31, 2001 Issue Number: 08/05
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1. TREND MICRO UPDATES: Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates
2. Highly Offensive - JS_OFFENSIVE.A (Low Risk)
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: 931 http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp
SCAN ENGINE: 5.450 http://www.antivirus.com/download/engines/

2. Highly Offensive - JS_OFFENSIVE.A (Low Risk)
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JS_OFFENSIVE.A is a destructive JavaScript Trojan embedded inside an HTML file. It takes advantage of a vulnerability found in the ActiveX control, which allows the execution of scripts.
JS_OFFENSIVE.A runs once a malicious HTML file is loaded into the browser.
Once executed, it modifies the registry so that the system becomes unusable.

This JavaScript Trojan has been classified as low risk. Trend Micro has not received any infection reports for JS_OFFENSIVE.A.

For additional information about JS_OFFENSIVE.A, please refer to:
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=JS_OFFENSIVE.A

JS_OFFENSIVE.A is detected and removed by Trend pattern #926 and above.

3. 10 Most Prevalent In-The-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
(week of: August 20, 2001 to August 26, 2001)
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1. TROJ_SIRCAM.A
2. PE_MAGISTR.DAM
3. TROJ_HAI.A
4. VBS_HAPTIME.A
5. PE_MARI.A
6. TROJ_HYBRIS.M
7. JS_KAKWORM.A
8. TROJ_NEWPIC.A
9. TROJ_CHOKE.A
10. TROJ_BYMER

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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_SIRCAM.A
2. PE_MAGISTR.DAM
3. VBS_HAPTIME.A
4. TROJ_FUNSO.A
5. JS_KAKWORM.A
6. TROJ_HYBRIS.DLL
7. TROJ_NEWPIC.A
8. HTML_SADMIND.A
9. TROJ_HYBRIS_P30
10. TROJ_HYBRIS_P23
        
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