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DiskKnight (How to Remove on Phones)

webmaster — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:09:03 +0000

DiskKnight cannot be considered as a virus, it was created to protect computers from infections launched from a USB flash drives and memory cards. Misconception occurs when DiskKnight began to copy itself and spread to every unprotected USB flash drive and memory card, making it protected or read only.

Alias:
-

Threat Level:
Low

Systems Affected:
Symbian OS

Symptoms:
1. Renders Mobile Phone memory card read-only or protected.

SymbOS.Kizaha.A

webmaster — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:53:24 +0000

SymbOS.Kizaha.A is a Trojan that is dropped into compromised devices by SymbOS.Multidropper.A.

Alias:
-

Threat Level:
Low

Systems Affected:
Symbian OS

Symptoms:
-

SymbOS.Multidropper.A

webmaster — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:52:49 +0000

SymbOS.Multidropper.A is a Symbian OS trojan that can drop SymbOS.Commwarrior.C, SymbOS.Beselo.B, and SymbOS.Kiazha.A files on to compromised device.

Alias:
-

Threat Level:
Low

Systems Affected:
Symbian OS

Symptoms:
-

SymbOS.Beselo.A

webmaster — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:48:15 +0000

SymbOS.Beselo.A is a worm that that spreads on Symbian OS commonlu used as the operating system for Nokia Series 60 mobile phones. The threat arrives through Bluetooth connections and MMS messages.

Alias:
SymbOS/Beselo
SYMBOS_BESELO.A

Threat Level:
Low

Systems Affected:
Symbian OS

Symptoms:
1. The worm randomly chooses phone numbers from the device’s contact lists and sends an MMS message that has the following characteristics:

Message Body: photo

Attachment: One of the following:

beauty.jpg
sex.mp3
love.rm

LCRemover

webmaster — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:32:24 +0000

LCRemover is a security assessment tool that resets the Nokia phone lock code to 12345.

Alias:
-

Threat Level:
Medium

Systems Affected:
Symbian OS

Symptoms:
1. Displays a dialog box to warn the user that the application may be coming from an untrusted source and may cause potential problems when the user opens the Leslie Loves.sis file.

SymbOS.Doomboot.T

webmaster — Sat, 20 May 2006 05:44:53 +0000

SymbOS.Doomboot.T is a Trojan horse that installs corrupt files on the compromised device preventing it from restarting correctly. The Trojan runs on the Symbian OS, which is the operating system for Nokia Series 60 cellular telephones.

Alias:
Doomboot.M

Threat Level:
Low

Systems Affected:
Symbian OS

Symptoms:
1. Displays a dialog box to warn the user that the application may be coming from an untrusted source and may cause potential problems when the user opens the Leslie Loves.sis file.

SymbOS.RommWar.A

webmaster — Fri, 19 May 2006 06:37:53 +0000

SymbOS.RommWar.A is a Trojan horse that affects the Symbian OS, which is used as the operating system for Nokia Series 60 cellular telephones. It installs corrupted Kaspersky Symbian AntiVirus application, which will cause the compromised device to fail the next time it restarts.

When a user opens this file, the phone installer will display a dialog to warn users that the application may be coming from an untrusted source and may cause potential problems.

Alias:
-

Threat Level:
Low

Systems Affected:
Symbian OS

Symptoms:
1. Displays the following message prompting the user to install the threat:

Install
KAV Mobile V 1_8

SymbOS.Commwarrior.G

webmaster — Thu, 18 May 2006 06:42:25 +0000

SymbOS.Commwarrior.G is a worm that runs on Series 60 phones. It attempts to spread using Bluetooth and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) messages, and Multmedia Cards (MMC) as a randomly named .sis file.

Alias:
-

Threat Level:
Low

Systems Affected:
Symbian OS

Symptoms:
1. Displays a dialog box to warn the user that the application may be coming from an untrusted source and may cause potential problems before the .sis file is installed.

SymbOS.Mabtal.B

webmaster — Wed, 17 May 2006 06:54:05 +0000

SymbOS.Mabtal.B is a Trojan horse that runs on the Symbian OS, which is used as the operating system for Nokia Series 60 cellular telephones. The Trojan attempts to install SymbOS.Mabir onto the compromised device.

The Trojan reportedly arrives as the file gnavo.sis. When a user opens this file, the phone installer will display a dialog warning users that the application may be coming from an untrusted source and may cause potential problems.

Alias:
-

Threat Level:
Low

Systems Affected:
Symbian OS

Symptoms:
1. Displays the following message:
Install: Patch

2. Displays the following message during installation:
Patch by 755D

SymbOS.Bootton.F

webmaster — Wed, 17 May 2006 06:50:15 +0000

SymbOS.Bootton.F is a Trojan horse that installs a component into the compomised device. The component runs automatically after installation and when the compromised device restarts, which causes the restart to fail. The Trojan runs on the Symbian OS, which is used as the operating system for Nokia Series 60 cellular telephones.

The Trojan reportedly arrives as Rebooter by WarriorMarriory.sis. When the user clicks on the .sis file, the phone installer displays a dialog box to warn the user that the application may be coming from an untrusted source and may cause potential problems.

Alias:
-

Threat Level:
Low

Systems Affected:
Symbian OS

Symptoms:
1. Displays the following message: Rebooter by [Name]