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F-Secure Spyware Information Pages: Mopofeli.A
[Summary] | [Disinfection] | [Detailed Description]

Name : Mopofeli.A
Type:Monitoring Tool
Category:Spyware
Platform:SymbOS
Author:Cybertronick
Website:www.cybertronick.com

Summary
Mopofeli.A is an SMS spying tool that runs on Symbian Series 60 Second Edition devices. When Mopofeli.A is installed on the device it will forward all incoming and outgoing SMS messages to an external number that is specified within the software's configuration file. Mopofeli.A thus makes it possible for the individual that installs it to monitor all SMS traffic that the victim sends or receives on the target phone. When active on the device, Mopofeli.A hides its process so that it is not visible in the Symbian process list. Also, it does not have an application icon and entry in the application uninstallation list. Therefore, the only way for a victim to detect Mopofeli.A is to locate the application files in file system or to use an antivirus application.
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Disinfection

Disinfecting using F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus
  1. Download F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus from http://f-secure.mobi
    and activate the Anti-Virus
  2. Scan the phone and remove any components of the malware
  3. Reboot the phone to remove memory resident components
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Detailed Description
Installation
When Mopofeli.A is installed the installation package will create following files to the device C: drive:

  • C:\System\Apps\daemon.exe
  • C:\System\Apps\p_main.exe
  • C:\System\Libs\DatagramService.dll
  • C:\System\Libs\mobinfo.dll
  • C:\System\Libs\mobinfo.lib
  • C:\System\Libs\Plugins\101fa9c2.rsc
  • C:\System\Libs\Plugins\200029A1.rsc
  • C:\System\Libs\Plugins\200029A2.rsc
  • C:\System\Libs\Plugins\EngineSms.dll
  • C:\System\Libs\Plugins\smsdatagramservice.dll
  • C:\System\Libs\Plugins\solversms.dll
  • C:\System\recogs\p_recog.mdl

Hiding From the User
When Mopofeli.A is activated, it will remove its uninstallation information from the install logs and hide its process from the application process list.

Also, Mopofeli.A does not have any kind of user interface or uninstallation option. So the only way to detect its presence is to use antivirus or a third party file manager that shows the contents of the System\apps directory.


Sending SMS Messages
Mopofeli.A monitors the user's incoming and outgoing SMS traffic, and as soon as the user sends or receives an SMS message, Mopofeli.A will forward this to the number that is configured in the software license.

To prevent the user from noticing the extra messages, Mopofeli.A will remove the message from the Sent SMS messages list.
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Last Modified: October 31, 2006