SymbOS.RommWar.A

SymbOS.RommWar.A is a Trojan horse that affects the Symbian OS, which is used as the operating system for Nokia Series 60 cellular telephones. It installs a corrupted Kaspersky Symbian AntiVirus application, which will cause the compromised device to fail the next time it restarts.

When a user opens this file, the phone installer will display a dialog to warn users that the application may be coming from an untrusted source and may cause potential problems.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version May 19, 2006
• Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version May 19, 2006
• Latest Daily Certified version August 20, 2008 revision 016
• Initial Weekly Certified release date May 20, 2006

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low