Press Release
FaceTime Researchers Discover Symfly Trojan Abusing Alexa Toolbar
FOSTER CITY, CALIF. - March 13, 2007 - FaceTime Security Labs, the threat
research and remediation arm of FaceTime Communications, has discovered a
Trojan named Symfly that may influence Alexa Web traffic rankings for several
Chinese Web sites. Customers who have deployed FaceTime Enterprise Edition,
including RTGuardian, GEM and IMAuditor and configured for automatic filter
updates, are automatically protected from this security threat.
The Symfly Trojan downloads and installs multiple files to an infected PC,
primarily via HTTP. The daisy chain of installations includes the Trojan
Adcheat and can install an Alexa Toolbar from Renwu.info without the user’s
consent.
FaceTime enterprise customers are protected from the Symfly Trojan through Web
filtering at the gateway in combination with inoculation at the desktop. The
RTGuardian perimeter appliance automatically updates its signatures to provide
protection against the initial infection at the gateway. FaceTime’s Greynets
Enterprise Manager provides an additional layer of protection with the ability
to identify and remediate any infected endpoints.
The FaceTime research team offers a detailed accounting of the infection and
the possible motives at
blog.spywareguide.com/chinese_website.html.
About FaceTime Communications
FaceTime enables the safe and productive use of greynets like instant
messaging, Skype, web conferencing and P2P file sharing. Ranked number one in
market share among instant messaging management vendors for the third
consecutive year, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by more than 800
customers including nine of the ten largest U.S. banks. FaceTime Security Labs
delivers the industry's first IMPact Index, which assesses "point-in-time"
risks posed by viruses, worms and other malware propagating through greynet
applications. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading
public and private IM network providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft,
Yahoo!, IBM and Jabber.
FaceTime is headquartered in Foster City, California. For more information visit http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-FACE.
PR Contact:
Emily Chamberlin
650-762-2945
echamberlin@ar-edelman.com
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