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Trend Micro Protects Against First Palm-OS Trojan: "Palm_Liberty.A"
Trend Micro offers free detection for proof-of-concept Trojan
Cupertino, CA - August 28, 2000 - Trend Micro Inc. (Nasdaq:TMIC), announces the immediate availability of protection for the recently discovered Palm_Liberty.A Trojan. Palm_Liberty.A is a "proof of concept" trojan that targets the Palm Operating System. Although this trojan has been found on a website and was also reported from several Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channels, Trend Micro has received no reports of infection at this time. Trend Micro considers this trojan to be a very low risk. In order to be affected, the handheld device users must download and install the trojan file on their PDA. It is not clear at this time if the Palm_Liberty.A trojan is targeting specific versions of the Palm OS. Because of this Trend Micro advises all Palm Pilot and Handspring users to exercise extreme caution when downloading programs over the Internet.
Virus Alert from Trend Micro: High Risk Assessment on VBS_Stages.A
Trend Micro offers free fixes, updated protection to customers
Cupertino, CA - June 19, 2000 - Trend Micro Inc. (Nasdaq:TMIC), announces the immediate availability of protection for the VBS_Stages.A (a.k.a. IRC_STAGES.A and SHS_STAGES.A) virus, a fast-spreading Trojan worm that affects Windows machines and may arrive via email with a scrap (Shell Scrap Object or SHS) file attachment named
LIFE_STAGES.TXT.SHS.
Virus Advisory From Trend Micro: "W97M_Resume.A"
New Worm Spreads through Outlook Email, Deleting Files on System Drives; Trend Micro offers free scanning, updated protection to customers
Cupertino, CA - May 26, 2000 - Trend Micro Inc. (Nasdaq:TMIC), today announced the discovery of W97M_Resume.A --a worm which spreads through Outlook email and can delete all files in selected directories.. Trend Micro is offering immediate protection with updated pattern file # 715, and the HouseCall free online virus scanner.
Trend Micro Warns of Destructive "VBS. NewLove. A" Email Virus: Users Advised to Take Immediate Precautions
Extremely destructive new Visual Basic script worm changes subject line and attachment file name. Updated virus pattern file now available from Trend Micro at
www.antivirus.com.
Cupertino, CA - May 18, 2000 - Trend Micro Inc. (Japan OTC: 4704; NASDAQ: TMIC), a leading provider of Internet content security, has released a preliminary solution for VBS.NewLove. A, a newly-discovered Visual Basic Script worm with a very damaging payload. This NewLove virus infects Windows 95/98/NT/2000, and tries to spam itself to all users in the Microsoft Outlook address book. However, unlike the recent LoveLetter virus, NewLove.A has the ability to alter the subject header on subsequent email iterations, and change the name of attached files, making it more challenging to detect. It is also much more destructive, since it goes through all directories and replaces all existing files with files that are zero bytes in length.
Major Virus Outbreak Alert from Trend Micro - VBS_LOVELETTER Hits Users Worldwide
Free on-line scanning service, HouseCall, allows users to clean their systems - Trend Micro customers can update their protection now
Cupertino, CA - 4 May 2000 - Trend Micro (Nasdaq:TMIC), a leading provider of Internet content security, announced that protection for a new and quickly spreading VB Script "worm" type virus VBS_LOVELETTER is available now.
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