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01/22/2007 07:18:08 PM · #1 |
Just got a warning from my Nortons Antivirus about the following:
Originally posted by Norton's Security Center:
Discovered: January 19, 2007
Updated: January 22, 2007 04:04:42 PM GMT
Also Known As: CME-711 [Common Malware Enumeration], TROJ_SMALL.EDW [Trend Micro], Small.DAM [F-Secure], Downloader-BAI [McAfee], Troj/Dorf-Fam [Sophos]
Type: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP
Trojan.Peacomm is a Trojan horse that drops a driver program file to download additional security threats.
Trojan.Peacomm reportedly arrives as an attachment to a spammed email with the following characteristics:
Subject:
One of the following:
A killer at 11, he's free at 21 and kill again!
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has kicked German Chancellor Angela Merkel
British Muslims Genocide
Naked teens attack home director.
230 dead as storm batters Europe.
Re: Your text
Radical Muslim drinking enemies's blood.
Chinese missile shot down Russian satellite
Chinese missile shot down Russian aircraft
Chinese missile shot down USA aircraft
Chinese missile shot down USA satellite
Russian missile shot down USA aircraft
Russian missile shot down USA satellite
Russian missile shot down Chinese aircraft
Russian missile shot down Chinese satellite
Saddam Hussein safe and sound!
Saddam Hussein alive!
Venezuelan leader: "Let's the War beginning".
Fidel Castro dead.
Attachment:
One of the following:
FullVideo.exe
Full Story.exe
Video.exe
Read More.exe
FullClip.exe
GreetingPostcard.exe
MoreHere.exe
FlashPostcard.exe
GreetingCard.exe
ClickHere.exe
ReadMore.exe
FlashPostcard.exe
FullNews.exe
Note: Due to a substantial increase in activity, Symantec Security Response raised this threat to category 3 on January 22, 2007.
Further reading: Trojan.Peacomm: Building a Peer-to-Peer Botnet
ProtectionVirus Definitions (LiveUpdateâ„¢ Daily) January 19, 2007
Virus Definitions (LiveUpdateâ„¢ Weekly) January 22, 2007
Virus Definitions (Intelligent Updater) January 19, 2007
Virus Definitions (LiveUpdateâ„¢ Plus) January 19, 2007
Threat AssessmentWildWild Level: High
Number of Infections: More than 1000
Number of Sites: More than 10
Geographical Distribution: Medium
Threat Containment: Easy
Removal: Moderate
DamageDamage Level: High
Payload: Downloads additional security threats.
Degrades Performance: Sent UDP packets may degrade performance.
DistributionDistribution Level: Low
Ports: UDP port 4000, UDP port 7871
Writeup By: Masaki Suenaga
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Make sure your antivirus is up to date! My subscription is out of date and am not sure my software is the most current anyways so I'm off to the computer store!
Message edited by author 2007-01-22 19:19:34.
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01/22/2007 07:26:13 PM · #2 |
Oh, no worries here. This is a Mac house.
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01/22/2007 08:16:42 PM · #3 |
| Oh, no worries here. It can't execute itself. |
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01/22/2007 08:33:31 PM · #4 |
Ditch Norton antivirus and go download the free AVG antivirus.
Works like a charm, takes less resources (gut feeling when running games and apps) and so far no false alarms.
p/s: anyone with some internet know-how would tell you not to open attachments such as those! (common sense)
crayon |
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01/22/2007 08:42:07 PM · #5 |
Fidel Castro dead.
Russian missile shot down USA satellite
several more have entered my email box, darn someone must hate me..
The attachments arent there though bellsouth is pretty reliable with the virus checks anyways I delete everything if I dont know who it is...
Atleast I know what the strange subjects are now.. thanks for the heads up...
crayon I usee avg too, its great and it doesnt take over everything specially the ram usage like norton did.. |
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01/22/2007 08:45:08 PM · #6 |
| AVG Free here.....none of this even makes it into my mail box. :) |
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01/22/2007 08:59:01 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
AVG Free here.....none of this even makes it into my mail box. :) |
Yahoo Mail does a damn decent job of keeping that crap out of my mailbox... I feel pretty safe with AVG Free too... it's not like I ever open an exe attachment though.
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01/22/2007 08:59:01 PM · #8 |
| When they start sending .. Lens for sale or Camera for free... We are all in trouble. |
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01/22/2007 09:38:44 PM · #9 |
You know, I blame this all on the new expert editing rules.
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01/22/2007 10:27:25 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
AVG Free here.....none of this even makes it into my mail box. :) |
However, they're discountinuing the free version next month. |
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01/22/2007 10:32:09 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Pug-H:
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
AVG Free here.....none of this even makes it into my mail box. :) |
However, they're discountinuing the free version next month. |
Then we will all switch to AVAST! FREE!!
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01/22/2007 10:41:48 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by jfriesen:
Originally posted by Pug-H:
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
AVG Free here.....none of this even makes it into my mail box. :) |
However, they're discountinuing the free version next month. |
Then we will all switch to AVAST! FREE!! |
LOL - exactly my own plans! But I'd miss AVG, it's really good.
Say, is the discontinuiation confirmed? |
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01/22/2007 10:44:46 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Pug-H:
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
AVG Free here.....none of this even makes it into my mail box. :) |
However, they're discountinuing the free version next month. |
Version 7.1 is expiring but version 7.5 will still be available.
//www.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-virus-free-edition/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 |
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01/22/2007 10:53:02 PM · #14 |
i love my mac, not on the list.....
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01/22/2007 10:53:48 PM · #15 |
I think they do this to make you think that you have to buy it...sneaky if you ask me. Just download the newer version and it is still FREE! |
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01/22/2007 11:02:36 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Oh, no worries here. This is a Mac house. |
a false sense of security is the worse type of security risk, ever, in my opinion.
Message edited by author 2007-01-22 23:03:15. |
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01/23/2007 12:08:13 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by crayon:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Oh, no worries here. This is a Mac house. |
a false sense of security is the worse type of security risk, ever, in my opinion. |
He's running OS X, not XP. OS X, as usual, is not on the list. Ergo: 'Peace of mind' - far from 'a false sense of security'. |
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01/23/2007 12:20:26 AM · #18 |
This old G5 Mac is so slow that a virus would die of old age before it could reproduce LOL : ) It's only 900 mb/sec.
Maybe that's why Macs don't have virus problems?
OSX rocks, 3yrs now with this one, and not a blink.
Message edited by author 2007-01-23 00:21:30.
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01/23/2007 12:24:27 AM · #19 |
| In case your a member of MyMusicInc This same virus is attatched to several different songs. One for sure being a cadence called "The Unit" My systems virus protect cought it before it did any harm. |
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01/23/2007 12:36:25 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Originally posted by crayon:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Oh, no worries here. This is a Mac house. |
a false sense of security is the worse type of security risk, ever, in my opinion. |
He's running OS X, not XP. OS X, as usual, is not on the list. Ergo: 'Peace of mind' - far from 'a false sense of security'. |
not targeting Spazmo99 actually, but was referring to the fact that some mac users think that their macs are invulnerable to virus, ever. That is a very scary thought. It's something that many newbie mac users caught on from the seasoned mac users, and thinks that they could be ignorant - but newbies are afterall, newbies. |
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01/23/2007 12:38:34 AM · #21 |
What I do is format my pc drives about every other day. Typically I can get windows to run well for about 48 hours after install. About the time I get the operating system to find the DVD drive, and the sound card it decides to start acting quirky.
I am not really serious.
However anytime my drive acts like there is a virus I just wipe it. It takes less time to do a fresh install than to mess around with all the anti virus. I keep my e-mail on g-mail and don't go to any goofy sites, and I don't open chain letters. I have gone a long time with no problems. I swear that anti-virus/spyware software cause most of the computer problems these days. I have some PC's that have never seen a form of VP on them, and those machines are the ones that work the most reliably. And even if they do go, I keep read only backups of working files, and then if something does happen I don't hesitate to spend 1 hour re-installing the os.
On that note, I am becoming a mac person slowly. I wasn't at first but now adays my mac ibook is the most reliable solid machine I have. Even though it is a G3 it out performs my 2.5ghz machine with Paiter 9 and photoshop CS2. And I really am not scared of viruses on it. |
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01/23/2007 12:43:41 AM · #22 |
Originally posted by crayon:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Oh, no worries here. This is a Mac house. |
a false sense of security is the worse type of security risk, ever, in my opinion. |
Mac support says that there are 3 viruses for Mac, total count. And all 3 are dead. How many for Windows now?
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01/23/2007 12:47:37 AM · #23 |
Originally posted by MelonMusketeer:
Mac support says that there are 3 viruses for Mac, total count. And all 3 are dead. How many for Windows now? |
thousands, i think! i cant even be bothered to count, lol |
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01/23/2007 12:54:53 AM · #24 |
Who would want to write a virus and risk jail time for the 3% of all computers that are macs. Chances are you won't be needing virus protection with a mac unless they gain market share. I think the real virus threat to anything apple would be one PC based that attacks ipods through itunes update.
Here is the news report for a Mac virus:
"A virus struck mac users today and from early reports 4 computers are down in New York already. The US government has issued a press release saying that it is looking into the persons involved in hopes of bringing them to justice. A spokes person from apple said "we are encouraging mac computer owners to not go to web sites or accept email with phrases like Warez, Hacks, XXX, and penis enlargement. This should reduce the risk of the other 8 macs in existence to not get the virus. And for God's sake do not think that some rich African is going to wire you 200,000,000 in cash for you to hold for them!"
Message edited by author 2007-01-23 10:19:02. |
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01/23/2007 01:07:21 AM · #25 |
Originally posted by boomtap:
Who would want to write a virus and risk jail time for the 3% of all computers that are macs. Chances are you won't be needing virus protection with a mac unless they gain market share. I think the real virus threat to anything apple would be one PC based that attacks ipods through itunes update.
Here is the news report for a Mac virus:
"A virus struck mac users today and from early reports 4 computers are down in New York already. The US government has issued a press release saying that it is looking into the persons involved in hopes of bringing them to justice. A spokes person from apple said "we are encouraging mac computer owners to not go to web sites or accept email with phrases like Warez, Hacks, XXX, and penis enlargement. This should reduce the risk of the other 8 macs in exsistance to not get the virus. And for God's sake do not think that some rich African is going to wire you 200,000,000 in cash for you to hold for them!" |
and for the bolded parts of your post, i would like to repeat what i mentioned earlier, "false sense of security (and ignorance) is the worse security risk, ever" LMAO. |
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