From; Sophos Alert System: Name: W32/Catc-A Type: Win32 worm Date: 23 March 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 worm from the wild. Information about W32/Catc-A can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32catca.html W32/Catc-A is a worm for the Windows platform that attempts to spread by copying itself to the A drive. Once executed, W32/Catc-A copies itself to the Windows folder with the filename file.exe and to the StartUp folder with the filename folder.exe. W32/Catc-A also attempts to copy itself to the Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10 folder with the filenames winword.exe and mswinword.exe. This IDE file also includes detection for: Dial/DialCar-G http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/dialdialcarg.html Troj/PWSteal-B http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojpwstealb.html Troj/Small-DT http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojsmalldt.html Troj/Migmaf-G http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojmigmafg.html Troj/Cidra-E http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojcidrae.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/catc-a.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
