Trend Micro Virus Report - October 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: October 12, 2001
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Issue Preview:

1. TREND MICRO UPDATES: Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates
2. Numbers in the Millions - TROJ_SIRCAM.A & PE_NIMDA.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: 153 or 953 http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp
SCAN ENGINE: 5.550 http://www.antivirus.com/download/engines/

2. Numbers in the Millions - TROJ_SIRCAM.A & PE_NIMDA.A
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Trend Micro's World Virus Tracking Center displays information about
actual virus infections detected worldwide by HouseCall, our free, online
virus scanner for PCs, and by the Trend Virus Control System (TVCS), our
central management solution for network administrators.

According to the World Virus Tracking Center TROJ_SIRCAM.A has infected
more than 332,000 PCs in the last 30 days, and PE_NIMDA.A has infected
more than 2 million PCs in the last 30 days.

Many computer users are still not protecting their PCs, even after these worldwide outbreaks. Both viruses continue to spread at a staggering
rate - in the last 7 days TROJ_SIRCAM.A has infected more than 45,873 PCs
while PE_NIMDA.A has infected more than 221,016 PCs.
 
For additional information about TROJ_SIRCAM.A, please visit Trend Micro at:
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ_SIRCAM.A.
TROJ_SIRCAM.A is detected by Trend Micro pattern file #917. For further information about preventing infections of TROJ_SIRCAM.A please visit Microsoft's Web site at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/topics/Nimda.asp

For additional information about PE_NIMDA.A, please visit Trend Micro at:
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=PE_NIMDA.A.
PE_NIMDA.A is detected by Trend Micro pattern file #942.

3. 10 Most Prevalent In-the-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
(week of: October 1, 2001 to October 7, 2001)
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1. PE_NIMDA.A
2. TROJ_SIRCAM.A
3. PE_MAGISTR.DAM
4. PE_MAGISTR.B
5. VBS_HAPTIME.A
6. JS_NIMDA.A
7. PE_NIMDA.A-0
8. TROJ_NEWPIC.A
9. TROJ_HYBRIS.M
10. JS_KAKWORM.A

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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. PE_NIMDA.A
2. PE_NIMDA.A-O
3. PE_MAGISTR.A
4. PE_MAGISTR.DAM
5. VBS_HAPTIME.A
6. TROJ_SIRCAM.A
7. JS_KAKWORM.A
8. TROJ_MTX.A.DLL
9. TROJ_HYBRIS.DLL
10. TROJ_FUNSO.A

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