Daily Virus Report (June 13, 2008) - Trojan.DL.Win32.Mnless. aig
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June 13, 2008 one virus needs your attention. It isAIG(Trojan.DL.Win32.Mnless. aig).The virus spreads through Internet, and downloads varieties Trojan from the website which hackers appointed. The virus will run at local computer, make computer user suffer.
Name: AIG(Trojan.DL.Win32.Mnless. aig)
Warning level: Dangerous
Category: Trojan
Affected System: Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
Description:
This is a Trojan downloader. The virus copies itself down to system directory by own after startup. Then, the virus will download varieties Trojan, virus to local computer, save it at system directory as named as “*****.exe”. Run virus at local computer. In addition, the virus will modify registry to achieve start-up with system, it is difficult to check.
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.