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 Actiance, Inc. (Formerly FaceTime Communications, Inc.)
FaceTime Communications became Actiance, Inc on January 11, 2011 following an agreement to
transfer the FaceTime trademark to Apple.
FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of Unified Communications and Web 2.0,
including instant messaging, blogs and social networking. Ranked number one by IDC for five consecutive
years, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by more than 1,500 customers for the security,
management and compliance of real-time communications. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships
with all leading IM, unified communications providers and social networks including AOL, Google, Yahoo!,
Skype, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information visit
http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-3223.
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