A new Trojan Downloader is active use of new variants recently discovered security vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000. The malware infection in Windows 2000 by the victim to open an infected Word 2000 document caused.
The flaw with this text editor software, memory corruption error in the force. Called "Win32.Mdropper" The Trojan Dropper you download and open a deliberately crafted with the malicious software, Word documents advantage of this loophole, and thus open the back door with the ability to launch a network worm "Worm . Mofeir ". The latter then the back-door channel to contact the remote attacker. Intruder to use this backdoor can open a terminal access to the system, and implement the code downloaded from the Internet and send and delete files.
MicroWorld Technologies, said Dinesh Shah, product manager: "Almost everyone uses Microsoft Word, from the early days of Internet, it is the most widely exchanged e-mail attachment file types. Most anti-virus products as harmless Word document, so if malware writers can inject malicious code in Word document, and thus began a multi-level violent attacks, this he will be very worthwhile. This is why we see more and more of trying to find programs in Microsoft Office vulnerabilities imposed because of attacks.
Mr. Shah said that in May 2006, called the back door of the virus once Ginwui.A Microsoft Word document through a similar attack recently become Win32.Papi the virus to another text editor program Ichitaro Japanese invasion of the user computer. He urged computer users Microsoft released another patch for the vulnerability before not to call Microsoft Word files from unknown sources, because perhaps there will be updated soon for the vulnerabilities.
MicroWorld Technologies, the global marketing and sales vice president Sunil Kripalani, said: "Recently, there were many such transient attack, the target for a range of popular software. But all the most notable of these attacks is that they use malicious software worm are close relatives of the past, but these past worm MicroWorld has provided adequate protection. Because we believe that even the most boring of malicious software code also needs protection, because you never know when, where and in what way the code will be used! "