SecureData, an ERP.com company and the exclusive sub-Saharan distributors of Trend Micro Inc., is warning computer users of a potentially fast spreading Trojan virus known as "NAKEDWIFE". This destructive Trojan is a mass-mailing worm that uses Outlook to email itself as an attachment and deletes a variety of files in the Windows and system directories. Protection is being posted to SecureData's Web site as pattern file #859. Concerned computer users can use Trend Micro's free online virus scanner, HouseCall to detect this threat.
A sample of the email is as follows:
Subject: Fw: Naked Wife
Body: My wife never look like that!;-)
Best Regards,
<sender>
Attachment: NakedWife.exe
When the EXE file is executed, the Trojan displays a message box titled "Flash", with an image and then displays a message box saying, "You're are now F***ED" (c) 2001 by BGK (Bill Gates Killer).
"There's no new technology being employed here, just effective social engineering I'm sad to say" said Wayne Biehn, Sales Director, SecureData. "Users really need to learn to think twice before clicking on attachments."
Recommendations for Protection
TrendLabs, Trend Micro's global antivirus research and support center, recommends customers update to pattern file #859 to detect and remove this trojan. Trend Micro's content filtering products, eManager for InterScan VirusWall and ScanMail for Exchange, can also be used to filter out the virus by its file name, subject line, or message text. Trend Micro recommends that all computer users exercise caution while opening email attachments.
Virus detection and reporting tools:
Desktop users can scan their computers for free for suspected viruses with Trend Micro's HouseCall a free online scanning service, found at http://housecall.antivirus.com. To monitor activity and travel patterns of viruses worldwide, in real time, visit Trend Micro's World Virus Tracking Center (WTC) at http://wtc.trendmicro.com.
For more information on TROJ_NAKEDWIFE, please visit www.antivirus.com or contact SecureData Call center on tollfree: 080 802 8800
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TrendLabs
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SecureData
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.