F-Secure Trojan Information Pages : Cardtrap.AE

Cardtrap.AE is a Symbian SIS file trojan that disables several of Symbian's built in applications, tries to damage some 3rd party applications, and installs Windows malware to the memory card.
Disinfection with two Series 60 phones
Use F-Skulls to allow for installation of F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus Install F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus
Download F-Skulls tool from ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/f-skulls.zip or directly to a clean phone from http://www.f-secure.com/tools/f-skulls.sis - Install F-Skulls.sis onto the infected phone's memory card with a clean phone
- Put the memory card with the F-Skulls tool into the infected phone
- Start up the infected phone and the application installer should now work
- Go to the application manager and uninstall the SIS file in which you installed the malware
- Download F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus from http://phoneav.com and activate the Anti-Virus
- Scan the phone and remove any remaining components of the malware
- Remove the F-Skulls tool with the application manager as the phone should now be clean
Spreading in “Norman Virus Control.sis”. Installation to the Phone Cardtrap.AE tries to disable key system applications and 3rd party products by installing several damaged files to the phone's memory. Cardtrap.AE installs files from following Symbian malware: - SymbOS/Blankfont.A
- SymbOS/Singlejump.A
F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus is capable of detecting Cardtrap.AE with generic detection, so if the phone has functional Anti-Virus installed, Cardtrap.AE will be blocked before it can be installed. Installation to the MMC Card Cardtrap.AE installs following Windows malware: - Backdoor.Win32.Netbus.20.d
to the phone's MMC card. Backdoor is installed with a filename, icon, and shortcut link that tries to fool the user into clicking them.
F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus for Symbian detects this malware starting from the update build number 44.
Write-up: Mika Tolvanen, April 3, 2006
Technical Details: Mika Tolvanen, April 3, 2006
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