TREND MICRO WEEKLY VIRUS REPORT: Friday December 2, 2005

Issue Preview: 1. Trend Micro Updates - Pattern File & Scan Engine Updates 2. Phishing Scam Targets Yahoo! Photos 3. Top 10 Most Prevalent Global Malware 4. Scan & Clean your PC - Free, Online Spyware Removal Utility

1. Trend Micro Updates - Pattern File & Scan Engine Updates Pattern File : 2.981.00 Scan engine : 8.000 2. Phishing Scam Targets Yahoo! Photos In the past week, much attention has been given to the Yahoo phishing scam that is advertised through instant messenger (IM) via Yahoo Messenger. The aim of the phisher is to entice a user to click on the given link and provide personal details by logging in through the spoofed Web site that it opens. The IM arrives with the following text: http://www.geocities.com/oxox0o_angel_oxox0o/ ^:)^ guess where this pic was taken and guess who is behind me in the picture or http://www.geocities.com/oxox0o_cary_oxox0o/ ^:)^ guess where this pic was taken and guess who is behind me in the picture The spoofed Web site bears a close resemblance to the legitimate Yahoo! Photo's online login page, and the phishers made no attempt to disguise the Phishing URL in the address bar. The page is hosted by Geocities so it is possible for user's to determine that the Web site is not legitimate. The Phishing Web site asks the user for a user name and password. Upon clicking on the Sign In button, the gathered information is then sent to the email address: oxox0o_angel_oxox0o@yahoo.com that can be found at the page source of the Phishing web site, http://www.geocities.com/oxox0o_angel_oxox0o/. For more information on this phishing scam, please visit http://trendnewsletter.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?lgLQCDRQTVrjxpuipjLuLKpHQJhuV2VU 3. Top 10 Most Prevelant Global Malware (from November 25 to December 1, 2005) JAVA_BYTEVER.A   WORM_SOBER.AG  SPYW_DASHBAR.300  SPYW_GATOR.F  TROJ_BAGLE.AH   HTML_NETSKY.P  JAVA_BYTEVER.S   TSPY_SMALL.SN  WORM_NETSKY.P   TROJ_ISTBAR.FN  4. Scan & Clean your PC - Free, Online Spyware Removal Utility Trend Micro Anti-Spyware for the Web is a free online tool that checks computers for spyware, and helps remove any infections found. When the detection process is complete, the tool will display a report describing the result including which if any, spyware were detected, and prompt you before the removal process. Scan & clean your PC Now

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