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Symbian Trojan attacks anti-virus protection
A Trojan has emerged that targets Symbian smart phones and attempts to remove any anti-virus protection it finds. Its code also contains a message, intended for F-Secure which reads:
FSECURE MUST DIE!!!!!! Please, don't make new antiviruses for my viruses and I stop make viruses for your antiviruses. My target is Simworks! =)
Known as the Drever-C Trojan, this piece of malware attacks mobile anti-virus packages from F-Secure, Kaspersky and Simworks running on Symbian devices. Drever-C poses as a security update and tries to damage the boot loader and application binaries of F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus. Targeting security protection in this way is new for mobile malware, but has been known in Windows malware for some time.
FSECURE MUST DIE!!!!!! Please, don't make new antiviruses for my viruses and I stop make viruses for your antiviruses. My target is Simworks! =)
Known as the Drever-C Trojan, this piece of malware attacks mobile anti-virus packages from F-Secure, Kaspersky and Simworks running on Symbian devices. Drever-C poses as a security update and tries to damage the boot loader and application binaries of F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus. Targeting security protection in this way is new for mobile malware, but has been known in Windows malware for some time.
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