Daily Virus Report (July 21, 2008) - Trojan.PSW.Win32.Mapdimp.b
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RISING
July 21, 2008 one virus needs your attention. It is B(Trojan.PSW.Win32.Mapdimp.b). The virus spreads through Internet, and downloads account stealing Trojan from hackers appointed website, makes online game player suffer.
Name: B(Trojan.PSW.Win32.Mapdimp.b)
Warning level: Dangerous
Category: Trojan
Affected System:Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
Description:
This is a Trojan. It is written by Delphi, and added shell by upack0.39. The virus will release midimap??.dll and midimap??.dat(?? indicate two randomized letters) files to system directory after startup, and also edit registry to achieve startup with system. And the virus can drop itself down to normal Explorer.exe process, it is difficult to check. In addition, the virus will access appointed website to download other Trojan, to achieve the aim of stealing online game account information, it makes online game players suffer.
Anti-virus experts suggest that computer users take the following measures to protect against this virus:
1. Install Rising Anti-virus, personal firewall, update in time, and at least 3 times per day for updating Rising.
2. Use Rising Vulnerability Check, patch your computer system in a timely manner as many viruses spread by taking advantage of the system exploits or vulnerabilities.
3. Do not browse suspicious websites, and suspicious inserter; turn off or delete unnecessary system services.
4. Do not receive the suspicious file from QQ, MSN, Email, etc.
5. Open auto-protect and auto-monitor function when accessing to the internet.
6. Put your account information of networks bank, networks game, MSN, QQ, Yahoo Messenger etc, into Rising Application Protection, Rising Application Protection can protect specified applications from attack by malicious programs. A user can apply rules to game software, instant messenger, etc. to customize protection.