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January 22, 2007, 4:44pm

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Hi,

I got a message from my Norton Antivirus saying that I was unprotected from the rapidly spreading Trojan.Peacomm. I tried getting the update to get protected from their live update server, but the requests were full.

For those of you who have Norton Antivirus, you can download the necessary updates at this link http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/defs.download.html. I don't know if Mcafee has released a patch for this yet as the trojan was created a few days ago on the 19th. Please don't let this infect your machine!

Here is a description of the trojan as written by Symantec:
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2007-011917-1403-99

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Discovered: January 19, 2007
Updated: January 22, 2007 04:04:42 PM GMT
Also Known As: CME-711 [Common Malware Enumeration], TROJ_SMALL.EDW [Trend Micro], Small.DAM [F-Secure], Downloader-BAI [McAfee], Troj/Dorf-Fam [Sophos]
Type: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

Trojan.Peacomm is a Trojan horse that drops a driver program file to download additional security threats.

Trojan.Peacomm reportedly arrives as an attachment to a spammed email with the following characteristics:

Subject:
One of the following:

    * A killer at 11, he's free at 21 and kill again!
    * U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has kicked German Chancellor Angela Merkel
    * British Muslims Genocide
    * Naked teens attack home director.
    * 230 dead as storm batters Europe.
    * Re: Your text
    * Radical Muslim drinking enemies's blood.
    * Chinese missile shot down Russian satellite
    * Chinese missile shot down Russian aircraft
    * Chinese missile shot down USA aircraft
    * Chinese missile shot down USA satellite
    * Russian missile shot down USA aircraft
    * Russian missile shot down USA satellite
    * Russian missile shot down Chinese aircraft
    * Russian missile shot down Chinese satellite
    * Saddam Hussein safe and sound!
    * Saddam Hussein alive!
    * Venezuelan leader: "Let's the War beginning".
    * Fidel Castro dead.

Attachment:
One of the following:

    * FullVideo.exe
    * Full Story.exe
    * Video.exe
    * Read More.exe
    * FullClip.exe
    * GreetingPostcard.exe
    * MoreHere.exe
    * FlashPostcard.exe
    * GreetingCard.exe
    * ClickHere.exe
    * ReadMore.exe
    * FlashPostcard.exe
    * FullNews.exe

Note: Due to a substantial increase in activity, Symantec Security Response raised this threat to category 3 on January 22, 2007.

Further reading: Trojan.Peacomm: Building a Peer-to-Peer Botnet

Protection

    * Virus Definitions (LiveUpdate™ Daily) January 19, 2007
    * Virus Definitions (LiveUpdate™ Weekly) January 22, 2007
    * Virus Definitions (Intelligent Updater) January 19, 2007
    * Virus Definitions (LiveUpdate™ Plus) January 19, 2007

Threat Assessment
Wild

    * Wild Level: High
    * Number of Infections: More than 1000
    * Number of Sites: More than 10
    * Geographical Distribution: Medium
    * Threat Containment: Easy
    * Removal: Moderate

Damage

    * Damage Level: High
    * Payload: Downloads additional security threats.
    * Degrades Performance: Sent UDP packets may degrade performance.

Distribution

    * Distribution Level: Low
    * Ports: UDP port 4000, UDP port 7871

Writeup By: Masaki Suenaga of Symantec

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