ClamAV Making Strides in Anti-Virus Arena

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1. ClamAV Making Strides in Anti-Virus Arena The open source e-mail virus scanner is known for responding quickly to new outbreaks.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Spyware for the Masses Stealing personal information on the Internet is becoming easier, thanks to do-it-yourself kits and tutorials.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Spitzer Files Spyware Suit New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer claims a New York firm secretly installed millions of spyware programs on computers.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Targeted Trojan Attacks Gaining Momentum The era of the mass-mailing worm dominating all other malware in the Wild may be coming to an end. Trojan horses aimed at specific targets are increasing in number and severity.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 5. 4/6: Cimga-D Trojan Sends Out Stolen Info Troj/Cimga-D is a password-stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 6. 4/6: Zlob-J Trojan Gives Attacker Control Trojan-Zlob-J is a back door Trojan that allows the remote attacker to perform various malicious actions on the compromised computer.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 7. 4/6: Emcodec Trojan Drops 2nd Trojan Trojan-Emcodec is a Trojan horse that drops and executes a copy of Trojan-Zlob-J, a back door Trojan that allows the remote attacker to perform various malicious actions on the compromised computer.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 8. 4/6: Wlook-A an Information-Stealing Trojan Troj/Wlook-A is an information-stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 9. 4/6: KurtAgent-A Trojan Steals Passwords KurtAgent-A is a password stealer type Trojan that logs the keystrokes typed by the user in order to obtain sensitive information such as passwords.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 10. 4/6: Torpig-AO a Windows Trojan Troj/Torpig-AO is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 11. 4/6: Delf-BPC a Windows Trojan Troj/Delf-BPC is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 12. 4/5: PurScan-AV Trojan Links To Server Troj/PurScan-AV is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 13. 4/5: Brontok-Z Worm Mass Mails to Contacts For the second time in less than a month, anti-virus software vendor Sophos has issued an alert for W32/Brontok-Z, a mass-mailing worm for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 14. 4/5: SymbOS-Onejump-A a Cell Phone Trojan SymbOS-Onejump-A is a Trojan horse that runs on the Symbian OS, which is used as the operating system for Nokia Series 60 cellular telephones.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 15. 4/5: Backdoor-Ripiner Trojan OKs Access Backdoor-Ripiner is a back door Trojan horse that provides unauthorized access to the compromised computer.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 16. 4/5: Trojan-Acdropper Executes 2nd Trojan Trojan-Acdropper is a Trojan horse that drops and executes a copy of Backdoor-Ripiner, (a back door Trojan horse that provides unauthorized access to the compromised computer.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 17. 4/5: Rbot-CZT Worm Has Backdoor Ability W32/Rbot-CZT is a worm with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 18. 4/5: Madtol-A Trojan Lets Other Malware Run Troj/Madtol-A is a Trojan that allows other malware to run on the system without being detected.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 19. 4/5: DwnLdr-AKR Trojan Still in the Wild For the second time in less than a month, antivirus software vendor Sophos has issued an alert for Troj/DwnLdr-AKR, a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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