McAfee nos avisa de nuevo malware W32/DistTrack para el que ofrecen EXTRA.DAT de emergencia

Si  bien cada día aparecen miles de nuevos malwares, que van siendo controlados por las actualizaciones automaticas del VIRUSSCAN, hoy recibimos noticias es uno en especial, para el cual McAfee ha realizado EXTRA.DAT que puede aplicarse para su control.

De todas formas, parece que se trata de ataques especificos, pero como que al parecer es un gusano que se propaga a través de recursos compartidos de red, sobrescribe archivos existentes y en las estaciones de trabajo presenta la fatídica pantalla azul y que dificulta su detección, considerando que mas vale prevenir, ofrecemos la información original, con enlace de descarga de las herramientas al efecto:

 *URGENT* McAfee SNS ALERT: Emergency DAT Release for File Infector

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> McAfee is aware of a particularly malicious file infector that
> blue-screens endpoints and is difficult to detect. While this malware
> seems to be a targeted attack, McAfee strongly recommends that all
> customers increase their protection by applying the Emergency DAT Release
> which includes a generic detection for the dropper which starts the
> infection.
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> McAfee has provided an extra.DAT and Stinger ZIP files for W32/DistTrack
> for detection and removal. See McAfee KnowledgeBase article KB75963
> (https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB75963).
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> McAfee Global Threat Intelligence (GTI) will detect the known
> W32/DistTrack droppers when set to ‘Medium’. See “How to enable Global
> Threat Intelligence Technology in your McAfee product (KB70130)”
> (https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB70130).
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> NOTE: The following McAfee products currently employ McAfee DAT files:
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> AntiSpyware Enterprise
> Anti-Virus Scanning Engine
> Email and Web Security Appliance Software
> GroupShield for Exchange
> LinuxShield
> PortalShield
> SaaS Endpoint Protection
> Security for Lotus Domino
> Security for Mac
> Security Service for Exchange
> Security for SharePoint
> SuperDAT Manager
> VirusScan Command Line Scanner
> VirusScan Enterprise
> VirusScan Enterprise for Linux
> VirusScan Enterprise for Offline Virtual Images
> VirusScan Enterprise for SAP
> VirusScan for Mac
> VirusScan for UNIX
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Esperamos que la información al respecto les sea de interés.

saludos

ms, 16-8-2012