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F-Secure Malware Information Pages: Fontal.A
[Summary] | [Disinfection] | [Detailed Description]

Name : Fontal.A
Alias:Trojan:SymOS/Fontal.A, SymbOS/Fontal.A
Type:Trojan
Category:Malware
Platform:SymbOS
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Summary
Fontal.A is a SIS file trojan that installs corrupted Font file onto the infected device, thus causing the device to fail at next reboot.
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Disinfection

Disinfection

F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus will detect Fontal.A and delete the trojan's components.

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

After disinfecting you phone, you can remove remaining empty directories by going to application manager and uninstalling the SIS file in which Comwarrior arrived (Kill Saddam By OID500.sis).


Manual disinfection

1. Install file manager on the phone
2. Go to c:\System\apps\appmngr
3. Delete appmngr.app
4. Go to the application manager
5. Uninstall the SIS file in which the Fontal.A was installed in


Disinfection for the cases when phone is already rebooted and cannot start up

CAUTION! this method will remove all data on the device including calendar and phone numbers.

1. Power off the phone
2. Hold following three buttons down "answer call" + "*" + "3"
3. Keep holding the buttons and power on the phone
4. Depending on the model, you either get text "formatting" or startup dialog that asks for initial phone settings
5. Your phone is now fomatted and can be used again
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Detailed Description


If a phone is infected with Fontal.A, it must not be rebooted as the trojan will prevent the phone from booting again.

If the phone is rebooted, it will try to boot, but will be forever stuck on phone startup and cannot be used.

In addition to installing the corrupted font file, Fontal.A also damages the application manager so that it cannot be uninstalled, and no new applications can be installed before the phone is disinfected.

Spreading Vectors

  • Kill Saddam By OID500.sis

Infection

When the Fontal.A SIS file is installed the installer copies files into following locations:

  • \system\apps\appmngr\appmngr.app
  • \system\apps\kill sadam\kill sadam.app
  • \system\apps\fonts\kill sadam font.gdr

The appmngr.app is a non-functional file that disables the application manager; the kill sadam.app is a hexedited utility that has been modified to show text reboot and has no other significant function for the trojan.
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Last Modified: January 01, 2006