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Cabir.U

Name : Cabir.U
Category:Malware
Type:Virus
Platform:SymbOS
Date of Discovery:August 01, 2005

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

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

  •  Open web browser on the phone
  • Select link "Download F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus" and then select phone model
  • Download the file and select open after download
  • Install F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus
  • Go to applications menu and start Anti-Virus
  • Activate Anti-Virus and scan all files

Additional Details

Cabir.U is minor hexedit variant of Cabir.B, with the exception of new filename Cabir.U behaves identically Cabir.B

Detection

F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus for Symbian detects this malware starting from the update build number 15.