Facebook has taken the unusual step of sending its users email asking them to click on a link so they can restore site configuration settings that were recently lost. Facebook isn’t kidding, and neither are we.…
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Facebook spams social networkers with phishy email
Trojan.Agent is not a threat in itself, it is a fake threat displayed by rogue anti-spyware programs. These programs use this and other scare tactics to get the user to buy the full version of the fake spyware removal programs.
Programs related to Trojan.Agent should not be trusted under any circumstances and should be removed upon detection.
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Trojan.Agent
When an Arkansas couple visited a local McDonald’s in June, they got more than just their favorite burger. The couple apparently left their cell phone at the store, and even though it was returned, their personal information had already been compromised–and put online along with nude photos:
Staff promised to keep the phone safely until [the couple came to retrieve it].
However, after Philip Sherman retrieved the phone, his wife began receiving threatening calls and messages from strangers. This caused the Shermans’ to become suspicious about what had occurred with the phone.
Soon afterward the Shermans’ found the private photos that Tina Sherman had sent to her husband’s phone published on the Internet along with their names, address, and phone numbers. Pictures of Tina Sherman were altered to contain McDonald’s franchise logos, along with slogans such as, “I’m lovin’ it,” and “Hot as McDonald’s coffee.” The photos were located on several different sites online, but have since been removed.
The Shermans are suing for over 3 million dollars in damages, along with relocation costs.
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Audio is a worm that propagates via floppy disks and through network shares. Once executed, the parasite opens Microsoft Word, installs itself to the system, and starts a spreading routine. Audio copies itself to all accessible network shares and floppy disks. It can also install a dialer. The worm runs on every Windows startup.
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Audio
Small.cbc puts an infected computer is a great risk. It makes a system accessible for remote attackers that can install all kinds of things on the machine and spy on users. The remote attacker may steal data, hijack online bank accounts and do other damage.
Small.cbc changes computer
Agent.apbg trojan puts a computer in a great risk. It allows a remote attacker to gain an access to the compromised machine. The attacker can download additional malwares, install various programs and use a computer for other malicious purposes. Agent.apbg provides the attacker with access to everything on the infected machine. Compromised computer might be used as part of botnet or it can be used to send spam emails. The attacker can steal personal information as well.
The trojan is also known as Trojan.Agent.apbg. It infects computers via web browser security holes and via vulnerabilities of other software.
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Agent.apbg
Facebook has won a $873m judgment against a Canadian sued for spamming users of the social networking site with “sexually explicit” messages after hacking into the profiles of its members.…
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Facebook wins record $873m fine against smut spammer
UPS_INVOICE_9871.zip is a trojan that arrives as spam email attachment. It pretends to be an invoice from UPS sent regarding to undelivered package. Those who get interested in opening the attachment are infected with the trojan. Text on the fake message is as the following:
Trojan.Mournor (a.k.a. Mournor) is both dangerous and annoying. It embeds itself to Windows registry and runs on every startup. The main problem with Mournor trojan is its abilities to ruin Windows Explorer application and to modify vital system files.
Once Mournor is active, it changes original eplorer.exe executable with a copy of itself. It renames and hides the original Windows Explorer app and it might even prevent Windows from restoring the file. Trojan.Mournor puts various files in SYSTEM directory and this way it makes a computer crash regularly. The trojan may also install other malwares.
Trojan.Mournor has to be loaded manually, but it easily tricks people into executing the trojan. It hides in a file named explorer.exe. People usually expect *.exe files to contain some kind of software, but the icon of Mournor file looks like it
Win32.Adload.blb trojan hides its activities well therefore it is difficult to notice and remove. Adload can be detected by security tools, but it works in a background and avoids user
