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Trojan-Dropper:SymbOS/CommDropper

Name : Trojan-Dropper:SymbOS/CommDropper
Category:Malware
Type:Trojan-Dropper
Platform:SymbOS
Date of Discovery:March 27, 2006

Summary

A trojan that contains one or more malicious programs, which it will secretly install and execute.

Disinfection

Automatic Disinfection

F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus will detect Commwarrior and delete the virus components.

If your phone is infected with Commwarrior and you cannot install files over Bluetooth, you can download F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus directly to your phone:

  •  Open the phone's web browser
  •  Go to http://mobile.f-secure.com
  •  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
  •  Reboot the phone to remove any Commwarrior processes that are still running

After disinfecting the phone, you can remove any remaining empty directories by going to the application manager and uninstalling the SIS file in which Commwarrior arrived.

Additional Details

Variants in the Trojan-Dropper:SymbOS/Commdropper drops files from the Worm:SymbOS/Commwarrior family.

Members of the CommDropper family have no additional interesting functionality apart from dropping and installing embedded Commwarrior files along with some additional non-malware software.