NetQin: “Un-beatable” Commwarrior variant NOWHERE to hide

May 4th, 2006

Recently, frustrated smart phone users are turning to NetQin for help to get rid of a new type of virus, which infected their phone through MMS message or bluetooth. And this time, they said, they could not remove the virus by following the normal virus clearing procedure. After investigation, our experts claim that this latest virus is a variant of the former Commwarrior virus, which have been widely spread in China since this February.

The variant dubbed Commwarrior.C, will launch a process named "cwoutcast" once it install itself in the infected device. It will send MMS message to certain devices non-stop. It will cost a single smart phone user up to 600 yuan per hour at the current rate.

The difference between this variant and the previous Commwarrior are:

• This variant has a safe mode in the background process that gives the smart phone user a hard time to remove it by just following normal virus clearing procedure.
• Even if you can locate the virus in the disk and delete it, the remaining process in the memory will regenerate the same files in the corresponding disk, and this is why this variant is considered un-beatable.
• This variant, same as its ancestor, can also spread itself through bluetooth, only in a more aggressive way. It can spread itself to several devices through bluetooth simultaneously.
• It will infect your MMC card, so that when you send information to your friends with your MMC card, you will possibly have sent the virus to them as well.

Once you've been the victim of this vicious virus, the only thing you can do to minimize your loss is to stop sending and receiving MMS messages, take out SIM card, and format your disk.

he good news is, Netqin has worked out the solution targeting Commwarrior. C. Here we remind you to download and install Netqin's latest version of anti-virus software for S60 , with the real-time monitoring function, you can stop the virus from getting into your phone to make any damages. If unfortunately, your phone has already been infected, please download the Commwarrior.C Removal Tool to wipe the virus out your system, and then, you can enjoy the rich and colourful MMS service with your mind at ease.

If you still have any questions about the software, please feel free to contact us:

• By e-mail: support@neqin.com
• By phone: +8610- 85655555

We will be happy to help you get your phone protected from any threat.