Virus Alert ..

[francois]

hi'

here is a transation of an alert :

Tétris: a dangerous game for your computer

Attached to a version of the game Tétris, the worm Cellery takes

advantage of the moment of relaxation of the user to propagate on the

computer victim and the local area network. Without gravity for the

moment.

The worm Cellery is not in itself a new kind of virus but its mode of

distribution wants of the most playful. Cellery hides under the shape

of Tétris, famous video game of Russian origin into which it is

necessary to fit in best geometrical forms according to their

appearance.

During a playful session, the program plays a melody the format NOON

and activates the viral distribution. The worm tries then to

contaminate all the hard disks, and the other drives, and the computers

of the network.

Sophos, the publisher who revealed the infectious agent on January

12th, does not bring explanation on the activity of the worm once the

contaminated computer. Apparently, the virus does not cause damage but

could slow down the performances of the local area network.

Furthermore, it is to be afraid that W32 / Cellery-A is only the first

version of a series which could show itself long. Fortunately, its

distribution would remain this day limited. And an antivirus up to date

is enough for detecting it and eradicating it.

Infection by downloading

Cellery is not the first virus disguised in the form of video game.

Sophos brings reports that in July, 2003, Coconut had propagated in the

same way. Developed by Gigabyte, a Belgian student of 19 years in the

time, Coconut allowed to let off stream by sending coconuts to the

(virtual) figure of a personality of its choice. The computer

responsible for the company, for example. More violent, the worm Bibrod

offered the same entertainment but with a pistol. As for Cellery, it

does not propagate by attached document attached in an e-mail but by

downloading.

[translated by prompt5]

francois

Edited January 18, 2005 by francois