Feb 26
Spyware antispyware-com, copyright, double, feedback, google, home, open-source, polls, polls-archive, security, september-2007, source, Spyware, spyware-malware, spyware-news, threat-database, Uncategorized, user, vista
As always, exercise caution when following advertisements.
So says PC World in a post saying eWeek.com was infiltrated by hackers using Google’s DoubleClick banner ads as a vehicle.
“Websense caught the malicious coding and published its results, which spurred eWeek to scour its code and remove all phony advertisements,” says the story, going on:
The pest, named Anti-Virus-1, is complicated and smart. The advertisements are for antivirus software, and when a user clicked on them, the ads redirect to a pornography Website through a series of iframes. Then a PDF pops up loaded with evil code, exploiting a weakness currently festering in the Adobe systems; or the file index.php redirects to the rogue ad server. The server places a file named “winratit.exe” into the user’s temporary files folder and stays there without any user interaction.
eWeek may not be the first popular Website to be attacked, the story adds.
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Google?s DoubleClick as virus carrier
Jan 13
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Popular Czech online protection company AVG Technologies now owns Sana Security, a Californian company which produces identity-theft prevention software.
In a statement, the Sana acquisition will, “complement the antivirus firm’s existing portfolio by ‘delivering continuous threat detection and automatic removal of malicious software proactively’,” it says in a ZDNet UK story, going on
Describing Sana’s products as ‘zero-day-type protection’, AVG chief executive JR Smith told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that ID-theft protection — added to AVG’s signature-based protection and trusted-site analysis — formed a “third layer that we feel will allow us to help people protect their identities and [their] whole online world.
Sana software, “only uses one percent of the user’s CPU power,” Smith stated, “suggesting that this would help in providing optimum system performance.
“Peter Baxter, Sana’s UK managing director, also told ZDNet UK in the same phone-call that Sana’s technology – which he said was different from rivals’ software by virtue of completely removing malicious code rather than just quarantining it – would remain compatible with antivirus packages other than those made by AVG,” says he post.
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AVG buys Sana Security
Nov 21
Spyware antivermeans, antiverminser, drive-cleaner, medichi-virus, more-resources, news, privacy-policy, recyclebin-ico, review, software, Spam, Spyware, spywarequake, spywaresecure, spywarestrike, sysrep-exe-cer, sysrep-exe-log, sysrep-exe-xml, user, virusburster
StorageProtector is a corrupt anti-spyware/registry repair application that shows exaggerated error reports in order to mislead users into purchasing its counterfeit software. It is a dangerous parasite that can steal your money as well as install other malware into your computer. Storage Protector should be removed right after it appears on a computer.
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StorageProtector
Oct 31
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Mupd1_2_1711951 is dangerous trojan. While many similar trojans download malware secretly, Mupd1_2_1711951.exe tricks people into downloading parasites willingly.
Mupd1_2_1711951 trojan is able to imitate alerts usually loaded by Windows Firewall. The fake firewall asks user if he wants to block Trojan-Keylogger.WIN32.Fung. By clicking
Oct 30
Spyware Adware, download, ferrychi, headless-trojan, information, internet, microsoft, news, privacy, review, rompok-trojan, runme2-trojan, shock-trojan, software, spaces-trojan, Spyware, trojan, user, virus, windows
Ferrychi is a downloader trojan. It is very dangerous because its purpose is downloading and running additional computer parasites. The malware brought by Ferrychi may vary from adware toolbars to rogue security tools. Ferrychi is not able to steal information or corrupt system files on its own. However, it may install parasites that are able to spy on computer owner and steal money or data this way.
Ferrychi infects computers using vulnerability in MS Word 97. Keep your software updated in order to avoid Ferrychi trojan. It infect every MS Word file, so when file is opened on another computer, the trojan spreads further.
Ferrychi hides from user and it is hard to delete. It changes registry entries in order to run automatically on boot. Ferrychi connects to on1000000.cn in order to download malwares. Block this website in advance to avoid problems.
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Ferrychi
Oct 29
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Avoid clicking links given on spam emails, otherwise you may voluntarily infect your computer with FunnyPicture.jpg.exe or similar trojan.
FunnyPicture.jpg.exe trojan spreads through spam emails. The malicious email usually hides under subject
Oct 24
Spyware access-control, application, colorado, computer, definition, events, experts, identity, identity-management, internet, management, more-8250, news, Phishing, security, security-audit, Spam, Spyware, user, white-papers
You would be hard pressed to flip through any technology magazine or online IT publication without finding an article about some new Web 2.0 capability. And while there have been tremendous advancemen…
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Identity Management 2.0: The Secret Revolution
Oct 24
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Fujacks.c is a worm that spreads through network shares protected by weak passwords. It also propagates by copying itself to local and mapped network drives. Furthermore, the parasite attempts to infect all executable files it finds on the compromised computer. Fujacks.c carries a dangerous payload. It terminates running popular antiviruses, firewalls and other security-related applications. It may also delete some executable files and disable installed security software. The worm can download from the Internet and run malicious files. Fujacks.c secretly runs on every Windows startup.
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Fujacks.c
Oct 23
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Glupzy is a backdoor that provides the attacker with unauthorized remote access to the compromised computer. The intruder can control the infected system and steal user sensitive information. Once executed, Glupzy secretly installs itself to the system. It changes the Administrator’s password, and starts the Telnet service in order to accept remote connections. The backdoor also modifies some Windows Explorer settings and disables network shares. It runs on every Windows startup.
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Glupzy
Oct 23
Spyware crabox-trojan, download, feeds, information, more-resources, movie, network, news, privacy, related, remove-trojan-, review, software, Spyware, trojan, ubuster-trojan, user, virus, windows
Trojan.Win32 is a fake threat usually displayed by the Trojan Zlob as promotion for a rogue anti-spyware program. These fake spyware removal programs use such tactics to convince the user that he is infected so that he would buy the program.
Programs related to Trojan.Win32 should not be trusted and should be removed upon detection.
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Trojan.Win32
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