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Trojan:SymbOS/Appdisabler.B

First posted on 05 July 2010.
Source: SecurityHome

Aliases :

There are no other names known for Trojan:SymbOS/Appdisabler.B.

Explanation :

A trojan, or trojan horse, is a seemingly legitimate program which secretly performs other, usually malicious, functions. It is usually user-initiated and does not replicate.

Additional DetailsTrojan:SymbOS/Appdisabler.B is a trojan that affects devices running the Symbian Series 60 operations system.On execution, the trojan disables a large number of third party applications.
The trojan is distributed in a malicious SIS file named 'freetalktime.sis'.

Execution

On installation and execution, Appdisabler.B will replace the main executable of several third party applications by overwriting their main executable file. These files must be reinstalled to repair the damage.
Applications affected are:

€ AD7650 € AnswRec € BlackList € BlueJackX € callcheater € CallManager € Camcoder € camerafx € ETICamcorder € ETIMovieAlbum € ETIPlayer € extendedrecorder € FaceWarp € FExplorer € FSCaller € Hair € HantroCP € irremote € Jelly € KPCaMain € Launcher € logoMan € MIDIED € mmp € Mp3Go € Mp3Player € photoacute € PhotoEditor € Photographer € PhotoSafe € PhotoSMS € PVPlayer € RallyProContest € realplayer € RingMaster € SmartAnswer € SmartMovie € SmsMachine € Sounder € sSaver € SystemExplorer € UltraMP3 € UVSMStyle € WILDSKIN


Detection
Detection for F-Secure mobile Anti-Virus has been published on August 17th, 2005 in database build number 46.

Last update 05 July 2010

 

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