SymbOS.Doomboot.V

SymbOS.Doomboot.V is a Trojan horse that runs on the Symbian OS, which is used as the operating system for Nokia Series 60 cellular telephones. It drops corrupted files and a copy of SymbOS.Skulls onto the compromised device.

SymbOS.Doomboot.V reportedly arrives as restart_20.sis. If a user opens this file, the device Installer will display a dialog to warn the user that the application may be coming from an untrusted source and may cause potential problems.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version July 5, 2006
• Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version July 5, 2006
• Latest Daily Certified version August 20, 2008 revision 016
• Initial Weekly Certified release date July 5, 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