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F-Secure Malware Information Pages: Cabir.U
[Summary] | [Disinfection] | [Detailed Description] | [Detection]

Name : Cabir.U
Type:Virus
Category:Malware
Platform:SymbOS
Date of Discovery:August 01, 2005
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Summary
Cabir.U is a minor variant of Cabir.B the only significant difference is that Cabir.U Spreads in QEX00R.SIS while Cabir.B uses Caribe.sis. For more details, see description of Cabir.A http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/cabir.shtml
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Disinfection

Disinfection

F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus will detect the Cabir.U and delete the worm components.

If your phone is infected with Cabir.U and you cannot install files over bluetooth, you can download F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus directly to your phone

  1. Open web browser on the phone
  2. Go to http://mobile.f-secure.com
  3. Select link "Download F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus" and then select phone model
  4. Download the file and select open after download
  5. Install F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus
  6. Go to applications menu and start Anti-Virus
  7. Activate Anti-Virus and scan all files
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Detailed Description
Cabir.U is minor hexedit variant of Cabir.B, with the exception of new filename Cabir.U behaves identically Cabir.B
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Detection

F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus for Symbian detects this malware starting from the update build number 15.
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Last Modified: March 15, 2006