From; Sophos Alert System: Name: W32/Famus-C Type: Win32 worm Date: 6 May 2004 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the June 2004 (3.82) release of Sophos Anti-Virus. Customers using Enterprise Manager, PureMessage and any of the Sophos small business solutions will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. Sophos has received several reports of this worm from the wild. Information about W32/Famus-C can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32famusc.html Description W32/Famus-C will make an additional copy of itself as Red7324.exe in the Temp folder along with other files which are used for mailing the worm. Among these will be the file SMTP.OCX which is a freeware SMTP engine used in the mailing of W32/Famus-C to email addresses found on the computer. Other dropped files include: c:/En Cuba no hay libertad de expresion - an empty file <Windows>/temp/Casper9247.exe - used by the worm <Windows>/temp/att1.att1 - contains the email's file attchment name <Windows>/temp/msg.msg - contains the email's message text <Windows>/temp/sub.sub - contains the email's subject line The email sent by the worm will have the following characteristics: Subject line: Famous / Famosos Message Text: ?Sabes por que los famosos son famosos? ?Do you know why the famous are famous? Password: "123" Attachment: Famous.exe Another email may also be sent out without a copy of the worm with the following characteristics: Subject line: Virus Infected!!!! Message Text: Su computadora ha sido infectada por el virus Libertad pero no tema, este virus no causa da=F1o su unico objetivo es prostestar por la falta de liebertad de expresi=F3n en Cuba. Disculpe la molestia. El Hobbit. W32/Famus-C will also display a message box displaying the text above on the infected computer. Recovery Please follow the instructions for removing worms This IDE file also includes detection for: Troj/StartPa-CT http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojstartpact.html VBS/StartPa-CT http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/vbsstartpact.html Troj/Sdbot-RD http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojsdbotrd.html W32/Randex-E http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32randexe.html W32/Sdbot-BN http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotbn.html Troj/Spybot-BY http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojspybotby.html Troj/Spybot-BZ http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojspybotbz.html W32/Agobot-NB http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobotnb.html Troj/Delf-BX http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdelfbx.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/famus-c.ide Download all the IDE files available for the current version of Sophos Anti-Virus in a single compressed file. The file is available in two formats: Zip file: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.zip Self-extracting file: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.exe Read about how to use IDE files at http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/using.html *********** MIKE"S REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=3Dsubscribe> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/worm_removal.htm See my Anti-Virus pages http://virusinfo.hackfix.org/index <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=3Dsubscribe> A Technical Support Alliance and OWTA Charter Member
