Trend Micro Virus Alert - SYMBOS_SKUDOO.A

SYMBOS_SKUDOO.A is Symbian malware that may be downloaded from the Internet or copied from other mobile devices. It is currently spreading in-the-wild and infecting mobile devices running the Symbian operating system with the Series 60 Platform user interface. The 60 Series Platform Interface is licensed by various mobile phone manufacturers including LG Electronics, Lenovo, Nokia, Panasonic, Samsung, Sendo, and Siemens.

Upon installation, it drops malicious files, detected as the following:

• SYMBOS_CABIR.A
• SYMBOS_CABIR.C
• SYMBOS_COMWAR.B
• SYMBOS_SKULLS.I
• SYMBOS_SKULLS.F

Some of the mobile phone models it affects are as follows:

• Nokia 3600
• Nokia 3620
• Nokia 3650
• Nokia 3660
• Nokia 6600
• Nokia 6620
• Nokia 7610
• Nokia 7650
• Nokia N-Gage
• Panasonic X700
• Sendo X
• Siemens SX1

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SYMBOS_SKUDOO.A is detected and cleaned by Trend Micro pattern file #2.742.08 and above.