Daily Virus Report (June 29, 2008) - Trojan.Win32.Agent. bxw
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RISING
June 29, 2008 one virus needs your attention. It is BXW(Trojan.Win32.Agent. bxw).The virus sends a zip file named “IMG-????.zip” (???? Means four random words) to MSN user, if user accepts this file, after startup it, the virus spreads.
Name: BXW(Trojan.Win32.Agent. bxw)
Warning level: Dangerous
Category: Trojan
Affected System: WIN 9X/NT/2000/XP
Description:
The virus can send “ZHE SHI WO DE LUOZHAO :o QING BU YAO FA GEI BIEREN !!.”、“YI ZHANG WO GEN WO PENGYOU ZUI HAO DE ZHAOPIAN :s !!.”、“Here are my private pictures for you” and other tempting information through MSN to users. Then, the virus will try to send a zip file named as “IMG-????.zip” (“????” means four random words) to MSN users. The virus spreads after user accepted and run this zip file. Besides excessive messages, the virus also wants to connect with www.vnc***.com through IRC. The hackers can remote control the infected computer. It is a big threat.
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.