ISLANDIA, N.Y., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Computer Associates International,
Inc. (NYSE: CA) today warned computer users of a new Portuguese "Happy New
Year" Trojan called "Feliz.Trojan." Trojans are destructive programs that
disguise themselves as benign applications. Unlike viruses, Trojans do not
replicate themselves, but they can be just as destructive.
CA provides detection for the Trojan, which when started, will immediately
delete the following files:
system.dat
user.dat
c:\command.com
c:\windows\command\command.com
c:\windows\system.ini
c:\windows\win.ini
c:\windows\system.cb
c:\windows\win.com
After deleting these files it will display a bitmap of an ugly looking
face entitled "FELIZ ANO NOVO!!!" ("Happy New Year" in English). When the
user presses EXIT, the Trojan will display a number of message boxes in
Portuguese and exit. The computer may not be able to boot following that.
The Windows installation directory ("C:\windows") is hard coded in the
Trojan body and the Trojan will not cause any harm if Windows is installed in
an other directory.
CA's InoculateIT signature 7.73 provides detection for Feliz.Trojan.
"This Trojan indicates that the threats from virus/Trojan writers
continues," said Simon Perry, CA's security business manager. "As desired by
our clients, CA will continue to provide up-to-date warnings as these threats
emerge and strongly recommends that computer users maintain their antivirus
solutions with the latest available signature files."
Protection from the latest Trojans, viruses and worms can be downloaded
free from CA at http://antivirus.cai.com. For the latest information visit
http://www.cai.com/virusinfo.
Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), the world leader in
mission-critical business computing, provides software, support and
integration services in more than 100 countries around the world. CA has more
than 17,500 employees and had revenue of $5.3 billion in fiscal year 1999.
For more information about CA, please call 631-342-5224 or e-mail
info@cai.com. CA's World Wide Web address is http://www.cai.com.
All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies.
SOURCE Computer Associates International, Inc.
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