From: Sophos Alert System: Name: Troj/Nuclear-F Aliases: Backdoor.Win32.Nuclear.b Type: Trojan Date: 6 April 2005 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the May 2005 (3.93) release of Sophos Anti-Virus. Customers using EM Library, PureMessage or any of our Sophos small business solutions will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. At the time of writing, Sophos has received a small number of reports of this Trojan from the wild. Information about Troj/Nuclear-F can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojnuclearf.html Troj/Nuclear-F is a configurable backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform which allows full remote access capabilities via a remote client. The Client application allows the creation of server applets which act as the backdoor when installed on the infected computer. The generated Trojan component can be customised upon creation. Troj/Nuclear-F may copy itself to a new folder under the Windows folder as well as create a helper dll of the same name. The following registry entry may also be created: HKLM\Softwae\Classes\dllfile\shell\open\command\ Troj/Nuclear-F may create a number of files including an IP logger script and initial script as follows: logger.php settings.in The Trojan is capable of logging keystrokes, monitoring attached media devices such as webcams and microphones and interacting with the desktop. This IDE file also includes detection for: WM97/Ponapi-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/wm97ponapia.html Troj/Spabot-D http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojspabotd.html Troj/Daoser-B http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdaoserb.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/nucl-f.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=subscribe> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/worm_removal.htm See my Anti-Virus pages http://virusinfo.hackfix.org/index <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> A Technical Support Alliance and OWTA Charter Member