If a virus uses a language other than English, it is most oftenChinese, German, Spanish, Portuguese or Russian, and sometimesIndonesian/Malay, Japanese or Thai. It is rare to find an Arabic-awarevirus. At least we've thought so until now.
In the current trend where a worm that spreads through removablemedia is easily created and many types of Trojan horses such asInfostealer and Downloader are armored with worm capability, thisbeginner's worm has started to be developed in every corner of theworld. Such a worm just spreads and does not get much attention fromvirus analysts, so we often give it a trivial name such as W32.SillyFDC.
W32.Alnuh,discovered on June 1, is a kind of W32.SillyFDC, as all it does isspread and then terminate some programs to protect itself. What is newis that it checks for some Arabic window titles to close as well asEnglish ones. W32....
