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Several months ago I wrote a blog post about an adware downloader which after execution downloaded a few adware programs and installed them on the computer, giving no chance for the user to skip or bypass their installation. This time, we will analyze an application, which installs similar types of adware programs on user computers.We […]

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It has been another month and we have found some more families that need some special attention that the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) is ideal to give. This month we are focused on cleaning up the Win32/Babonock, Win32/Redyms, and Win32/Vesenlosow families due to their recent increase in prevalence. Lately I have been working with […]

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In mid-2009 W32.Changeup, a polymorphic worm written in Visual Basic, was first discovered on systems around the world. Over the last few years, we have profiled this threat, explained why it spreads, and shown how it was created.In the last week there has been an increase in the number of W32.Changeup detections. The increase in […]

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