Trend Micro Virus Report - October 2001 Issue #4

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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 26, 2001
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1. TREND MICRO UPDATES: Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates
2. Credit Card Caper - TROJ_SEPTER.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: 159 or 959 http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp
SCAN ENGINE: 5.600 http://www.antivirus.com/download/engines/

2. Credit Card Caper - TROJ_SEPTER.A
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This information-stealing Trojan program is disguised as an application
from the American Red Cross, and is user-propagated, meaning that it is
sent from one user to another. It does not have the ability to propagate
itself by email.

Upon execution, it asks the infected user to enter personal information including credit card numbers, into various form fields. This information
is then sent to the Trojan author's Web site.
 
Trend Micro has received no reports of infection at this time. This
Trojan has been classified as low risk.

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

TROJ_SEPTER.A is detected by Trend Micro pattern file #156 or 956

3. 10 Most Prevalent In-the-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
(week of: October 15, 2001 to October 21, 2001)
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1. PE_MAGISTR.B
2. PE_MAGISTR.DAM
3. PE_NIMDA.A-O
4. TROJ_SIRCAM.A
5. TROJ_CHATHACK.A
6. TROJ_BLKSTONE.A
7. PE_NIMDA.A
8. JS_NIMDA.A
9. VBS_HAPTIME.A
10. PE_MAGISTR.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-O
2. PE_NIMDA.A
3. VBS_VBSWG.GEN
4. VBS_HAPTIME.A
5. VBS_ANJULIE.A
6. VBS_ANGEL.A
7. TROJ_NEWPIC.A
8. TROJ_HYBRIS.DLL
9. PE_MAGISTR.A
10. PE_FUNLOVE.4099

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