Trend Micro Weekly Virus Report - June 7, 2002

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TREND MICRO WEEKLY VIRUS REPORT
    
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Date: June 7, 2002
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1. Trend Micro Updates - Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates
2. Shakira Makes Her Debut - VBS_VBSWG.AQ (Medium Risk)
3. 10 Most Prevalent In-the-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
4. Trend Micro PC-cillin 2002 Now Available

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1. Trend Micro Updates - Pattern File and Scan Engine Updates
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PATTERN FILE: 295 http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp
SCAN ENGINE: 6.150 http://www.antivirus.com/download/engines/

2. Shakira Makes Her Debut - VBS_VBSWG.AQ (Medium Risk)
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On June 6, 2002 the risk level of VBS_VBSWG.AQ was upgraded from low risk to medium risk, due to an increase in this worm's activity.

This destructive Visual Basic Script (VBScript) worm propagates using Microsoft Outlook, and arrives in an email with the following:

Subject: Shakira's Pictures

Message Body: Hi :
i have sent the photos via attachment
have funn...

Attachment: ShakiraPics.jpg.vbs

Upon execution, it drops a file, SHAKIRAPICS.JPG.VBS, in the Windows directory and then adds a registry entry that allows it to execute at every Windows startup.

This worm also copies itself to all .VBS and .VBE files found in all local and remote drives, effectively overwriting these infected files. If floppy disks or Zip disks are present in the disk drives, this worm attempts to infect these drives as well.
 
If you would like to scan your computer for VBS_VBSWG.AQ or thousands of other worms, viruses, Trojans and malicious code, visit HouseCall, Trend Micro's free online virus scanner at: http://housecall.antivirus.com/

VBS_VBSWG.AQ is detected and cleaned by Trend Micro pattern file #292 and above.

For additional information about VBS_VBSWG.AQ please visit: http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=VBS_VBSWG.AQ
 
3. 10 Most Prevalent In-the-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US
(week of: May 27, 2002 to June 2, 2002)
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1. WORM_KLEZ.H
2. WORM_KLEZ.E
3. JS_EXCEPTION.GEN
4. JS_NOCLOSE.E
5. WORM_BENJAMIN.A
6. VBS_LOVELETTR.AS
7. PE_NIMDA.A-O
8. WORM_YAHA.B
9. WORM_BADTRANS.B
10. PE_MAGISTR.A

4. Trend Micro PC-cillin 2002 - Antivirus, Anti-Hacker, & PDA Virus Protection
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Received on Sun Jun 9 18:19:41 2002