Trend Micro Virus Report - October 2001 Issue #3

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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 19, 2001
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1. TREND MICRO UPDATES: Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates
2. Beware of Hoaxes - "Economic Slowdown" Hoax
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: 155 or 955 http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp
SCAN ENGINE: 5.550 http://www.antivirus.com/download/engines/

2. Beware of Hoaxes - "Economic Slowdown" Hoax
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A hoax has recently been circulating by email, called "Economic Slowdown
in US." It arrives in an email with the subject line: "Economic
Slowdown in US" and it claims that, by opening the email message,
recipients will erase their hard drives. This is a hoax and Trend Micro
advises that email users should not forward this message to family, friends,
or co-workers. For a complete description of this hoax please visit http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoax5.asp?HName=%22Economic+Slow+Down+in+US%22+Email+Hoax.

To read descriptions of other hoaxes, you may visit Trend Micro's Hoax Encyclopedia at http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoax.asp

If you receive an email that you suspect is a hoax, please do not forward it
to family, friends, and co-workers. Instead, please forward suspicious email
to hoaxes@trendmicro.com for further analysis and verification.

3. 10 Most Prevalent In-the-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
(week of: October 8, 2001 to October 14, 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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