Trend Micro Weekly Virus Report - November 2001 Issue #4

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(by the Trend Micro US Virus Research Group)
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Date: November 20, 2001 - SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION*
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*Trend Micro's Virus Report is being released early this week, due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.

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1. TREND MICRO UPDATES: Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates
2. Nothing Petty About Pettick - WORM_PETTICK.A (Low Risk)
3. 10 Most Prevalent In-the-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
4. 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: 169 or 969 http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp
SCAN ENGINE: 5.600 http://www.antivirus.com/download/engines/

2. Nothing Petty About Pettick - WORM_PETTICK.A (Low Risk)
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This UPX compressed worm propagates via MIRC and email. The worm sends
itself as an attachment, ANTHRAX_INFO.EXE, in emails it sends and to
users in a channel where the infected user is connected.

The email arrives with the subject line "What is Anthrax?" and the
message body "I send you some information about Anthrax. Click on the
attached file." This worm has no destructive payload.

This worm is currently spreading in-the-wild, but has been classified as low risk.

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

WORM_PETTICK.A is detected by Trend Micro pattern file #168 or 968.

3. 10 Most Prevalent In-the-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
(week of: November 12, 2001 to November 18, 2001)
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1. PE_MAGISTR.B
2. PE_MAGISTR.A
3. PE_MAGISTR.DAM
4. TROJ_SIRCAM.A
5. JS_KAKWORM.A
6. VBS_HAPTIME.A
7. PE_NIMDA.A
8. TROJ_BLKSTONE.A
9. PE_FUNLOVE.4099
10. TROJ_BYMER

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