Viruses or Trojans Considered to be a High Level of Threat
• Viruses or Trojans Considered to be a High Level of Threat
o Bropia.A: This worm spreads through the MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger instant messaging clients. The worm loads a keystroke logging Trojan horse, Rbot, and sends a copy of itself to all contacts in MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger instant messaging messaging client applications. Bropia.A is the latest indication that hackers and spammers no longer are content with spreading malware through e-mail. For more information see
o Crowt-A: This worm poses as information on the latest news stories. It takes its subject lines, message content and attachment names from headlines gathered in real-time from the CNN website. Crowt-A's subject line and attachment share the same name, but continually change to mirror the front-page headline on the CNN news site. Crowt-A also installs a backdoor Trojan function. For more information see
o Gavno.a and Gavno.b: These two Trojan horse programs will render some Symbian-based mobile phones useless. Although almost identical with Gavno.a, Gavno.b contains the Cabir worm, which attempts to send a copy of the Trojan horse to other nearby Symbian-based phones via short-range wireless Bluetooth technology. The Gavno Trojans are the first to aim at disrupting a core function of mobile phones--telephony--in addition to other applications such as text messaging, e-mail, and address books. Gavno.a and Gavno.b are proof-of-concept Trojan horses that are not yet in the wild. For more information, see
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• Viruses or Trojans Considered to be a High Level of Threat
o Bropia.A: This worm spreads through the MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger instant messaging clients. The worm loads a keystroke logging Trojan horse, Rbot, and sends a copy of itself to all contacts in MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger instant messaging messaging client applications. Bropia.A is the latest indication that hackers and spammers no longer are content with spreading malware through e-mail. For more information see
o Crowt-A: This worm poses as information on the latest news stories. It takes its subject lines, message content and attachment names from headlines gathered in real-time from the CNN website. Crowt-A's subject line and attachment share the same name, but continually change to mirror the front-page headline on the CNN news site. Crowt-A also installs a backdoor Trojan function. For more information see
o Gavno.a and Gavno.b: These two Trojan horse programs will render some Symbian-based mobile phones useless. Although almost identical with Gavno.a, Gavno.b contains the Cabir worm, which attempts to send a copy of the Trojan horse to other nearby Symbian-based phones via short-range wireless Bluetooth technology. The Gavno Trojans are the first to aim at disrupting a core function of mobile phones--telephony--in addition to other applications such as text messaging, e-mail, and address books. Gavno.a and Gavno.b are proof-of-concept Trojan horses that are not yet in the wild. For more information, see
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