SMSlock.A
Threat LevelDamageDistribution

Effects 

SMSlock.A is designed to affect mainly Russian speaking users and its main aim is to obtain financial gains.

SMSlock.A carries out the following actions:

• When it is run, it displays the following message in Russian:
  
  
• In this message, users are informed that their computer will be locked until they send an sms to the number 3649 with a random text. Meanwhile, users will not be able to work with their computer.
• Even though users turn the computer off, the message will be displayed and the computer will be unusable again when it is started.

Means of transmission 

SMSlock.A does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.

Further Details  

SMSlock.A is 109,568 bytes in size.