TREND MICRO WEEKLY VIRUS REPORT: Friday September 9, 2005

Issue Preview: 1. Trend Micro Updates - Pattern File & Scan Engine Updates 2. Caged Content - TROJ_CAGER.A (Low Risk) 3. Top 10 Most Prevalent Global Malware 4. Hook, Line & Sinker: Phishing Attacks Go Professional

1. Trend Micro Updates - Pattern File & Scan Engine Updates Pattern File : 2.827.00 Scan engine : 7.510 2. Caged Content - TROJ_CAGER.A (Low Risk) TROJ_CAGER.A is a memory-resident, non-destructive Trojan that is downloaded from the Internet, dropped by another malware, or manually installed by a user. It appears that this Trojan aims to disrupt browsing activities related to adult or mature materials. It searches the Internet Explorer browser title bar for certain keywords (such as "sex, phallus, or teen.") and when it successfully finds one of these keywords, it will minimize the current Web page and display a message box written partly in Arabic and the rest in English. If the window is left open it continues to display messages in Arabic. Eventually, it displays another message but with the mouse pointer "caged" within the message box area, although the keyboard remains functional. If the user clicks any of the buttons in the displayed messages, they are logged off of their computer. This Trojan is currently spreading in-the-wild, and infecting computers running on Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP. If you would like to scan your computer for TROJ_CAGER.A, or thousands of other worms, viruses, Trojans and malicious code, visit HouseCall, Trend Micro's free, online virus scanner at: http://trendnewsletter.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?lgLQBTCQTVrjxpuipjLuLKpHQJhuV2VW TROJ_CAGER.A is detected and cleaned by Trend Micro pattern file #2.822.06 and above. For additional information about TROJ_CAGER.A please visit: http://trendnewsletter.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?lgLQBUWQUVrjxpuipjLuLKpHQJhuV2VSB 3. Top 10 Most Prevelant Global Malware (from September 2 to September 8, 2005) JAVA_BYTEVER.A ADW_BADBITOR.A HTML_NETSKY.P SPYW_GATOR SPYW_DASHBAR.300 WORM_NETSKY.P JS_DLOADER.I TSPY_SMALL.SN TROJ_DYFUCA.I TROJ_ROOTKIT.N 4. Hook, Line & Sinker: Phishing Attacks Go Professional Phishing is slowly becoming a household term, with a new scam arriving in users' inboxes as frequently as once per week. Hurrican Katrina has also presented new opportunities for scammers to exploit many peoples' generosity in the plight that has followed. But what makes phishing different from viruses and other threats - and why has it become so popular? Most importantly, what can you do to protect yourself against it? Read more in this special report: http://trendnewsletter.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?lgLQBUWQUVrjxpuipjLuLKpHQJhuV2VY

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