Similar to SYMBOS_MREX.A, the recently discovered Symbian malware, SYMBOS_FEAKS.A, also affects devices that run on UIQ platform.

UIQ is a software platform or GUI based upon Symbian OS. Like the other Symbian platform S60, it provides additional components to the core operating system, thus enabling compatible mobile devices to run third-party applications.

Currently, there are only a number of devices that support UIQ. Targeting the said devices clearly suggests that the malware author is trying to prove a point, rather than aiming to actually spread the Symbian malware and cause an outbreak.

SYMBOS_FEAKS.A attempts to spread by sending the following SMS message to the affected mobile phone’s contacts:

hey check this link out bye
http://www.{BLOCKED}.ucsb.edu/%7efeakk/feakk.zip

Although currently inaccessible, the URL mentioned above supposedly contains a copy of the Symbian malware.

To avoid infection, refrain from receiving and installing unsolicited files from other mobile devices. If you have received the SMS message specified above, delete it and do not visit the URL. In addition, download and install the Trend Micro Mobile Security and keep your patterns updated.