SecureData, an ERP.com company and the exclusive sub-Saharan distributors of Trend Micro, is warning computer users of a fast spreading virus known as TROJ_MATCHER.A. This virus is a Trojan worm that was created in Visual Basic 6.0.
The virus spreads via email, recipients are taken from the Windows Address book. Disguised as a Love Matching Program TROJ_MATCHER.A uses the Visual Basic component Microsoft Script Control to propagate itself using the default installed mail client.
Subject Line:
Matcher
Attachment:
MATCHER.EXE
Message text:
Want to find your love mates!!!
Try this its cool...
Looks and Attitude matching to opposite sex
Protection has been posted to SecureData's web site as pattern file #880. Existing customers can also use the content filtering plug-in eManager( to block the attachment MATCHER.EXE or the subject of MATCHER. Additionally, concerned computer users can use Trend Micro's free online virus scanner Housecall( to detect this threat.
"This looks like a swindle of the original Melissa virus," says Wayne Biehn, SecureData Sales Director. "Unfortunately, people are still falling for it. Our hope is that people will take this warning seriously and not open any .exe attachments."
Non Trend Micro users can visit www.trendmicro.co.uk/download/ to download an evaluation copy of our software (updated by Pattern file 880) to block this Trojan. Alternatively, contact the SecureData on Tollfree: 080 802 8800
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SecureData, an ERP.com company, is a Managed Security Service Provider. SecureData is the exclusive sub-Saharan Distributors of Trend Micro, providing enterprise-wide, centrally managed, server-based, virus protection, e-mail filtering and Internet filtering products and services. Concern about Internet Safety has created a vigorous and growing market for content security products and services. Today, e-mail attachments account for over 50% of virus infections, and web-based malicious mobile code (vandals) is widely thought to be the predominant content threat of the near future. SecureData, brings sub-Saharan Africa the tools that build anti-virus and content security protection into the Internet and Mail/Groupware infrastructure.