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New Rogue: LiveEnterpriseSuite

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: January 27, 2010
  • Reading Time: 1 min
  • Word Count: 58 words

LiveEnterpriseSuite is a clone of InternetAntivirusPRO. Actually, the only thing that the authors of this rogue have changed is the name in the GUI. LiveEnterpriseSuite will detect false infections and require a license to remove them. If your computer is infected with this malware, you should remove it soon, Click Here to learn how to remove such malwares.

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Troj/JSRedir-AK: 40% of a month’s malware

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: January 25, 2010
  • Reading Time: 1 min
  • Word Count: 181 words

It has been a month since Sophos added detection for Troj/JSRedir-AK and figures generated today show that over 40% of all web-based detections have been from this malicious code. [Graph shows Malware hosted on websites from 2009-12-22 11:00:00 to 2010-01-21 11:00:00 (GMT-8)] Translating the numbers into a more human comprehensible form: 1 site every 15 secs was being detected as Troj/JSRedir-AK. The affected sites include well-known names, including: ...

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New Rogue: APcSafe

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: January 25, 2010
  • Reading Time: 1 min
  • Word Count: 23 words

APcSafe is another rogue anti-spyware clone of the WiniGuard family. if your computer is infected with this malware you should remove it soon.

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New Rogue: PcsSecure

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: January 25, 2010
  • Reading Time: 1 min
  • Word Count: 24 words

PcsSecure is the latest cloned rogue antispyware from the WiniGuard family. if your computer is infected with this malware you should remove it soon.

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Virus Writers Produce Hardware Damaging Code with Win32.Worm.Zimuse

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: January 25, 2010
  • Reading Time: 2 min
  • Word Count: 311 words

Disguised IQ test combines virus, rootkit and worm — malicious code for one fatal formula BitDefender today identified a new e-threat that combines the destructive behavior of a virus with the spreading mechanisms of a worm. There are two known variants of this virus, which enters the computer as a harmless IQ test. Once executed, the worm creates between seven and eleven copies of itself (depending on the variant) in critical areas of the Windows system. ...

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Desktop Security 2010

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: January 25, 2010
  • Reading Time: 1 min
  • Word Count: 164 words

Desktop Security 2010 is a rogue antispyware program, designed to trick people into thinking it is a legitimate program. Desktop Security 2010 uses fake security warnings and system scans to frighten people into buying the software. If Desktop Security 2010 is installed on your PC, you should remove it immediately as it is a potentially dangerous computer infection. Computers that have been infected with Desktop Security 2010 may show the following symptoms: ...

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Nude Pictures of Senator Scott Brown Arouse New Virus Concerns

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: January 22, 2010
  • Reading Time: 2 min
  • Word Count: 403 words

False images from Cosmopolitan infect computers with fake antivirus product BitDefender today warned of a new threat following the flood of interest in the result of the January 19th Massachusetts elections. The day after his winning Senate campaign, nude pictures of Cosmopolitan’s Sexiest Man of 1982 Scott Brown not only stirred women’s imaginations, but also got the interest of malware creators. The latter exploited the news to spread a fake antivirus: Trojan.FakeAV.XP. Instead of spicy pictures, the targeted user received messages of false infections on their computer and prompts to buy a fake antivirus product. ...

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Smutty Searches Scuppered

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: January 22, 2010
  • Reading Time: 2 min
  • Word Count: 381 words

Symantec Security Response has repeatedly warned that looking for free movies and videos online often results in malware infection, and here we go again with yet another example. We recently became aware of a campaign, centered around the YouTube Web site, to trick users into following malicious links. YouTube is one of the most popular video sharing sites and therefore is often picked by online criminals hoping for an easy catch. Performing a search using a (generally female) celebrity’s name followed by “sex tape” or a recent movie name yields results such as the following: ...

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Salesmen Are Not My Friends

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: January 22, 2010
  • Reading Time: 1 min
  • Word Count: 208 words

I dislike salesmen. The look on their faces irks me when I can feel the dollars flicking in their eyes. I hate it when my car insurance company ask if i want to get home insurance as well. I do not like it when my credit card company tries to sell me a great new insurance product. In general, I hate to be a victim of cross selling. Malware authors are just like salesmen. They cross-sell as well. A fake AV tried to do the same to me. Besides offering great AV protection, it wants me to get some useful codecs so that I can watch all my legit DVDrips. Thus, someone decided that in order to get me to install their codecs, he/she will have to terminate all processes related to media players. ...

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APcSecure

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: January 22, 2010
  • Reading Time: 1 min
  • Word Count: 10 words

APcSecure is a new rogue from the WiniGuard clone factory.

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