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What is antivirus software, Part 3?

22

Aug

2011

I seem to be asking this question a lot. I have already written one article and one previous blog entry on this subject. It is an important question: Millions of people are using antivirus and probably every piece of data on this planet has been processed at least once through one or more antivirus solutions. […]

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LICAT Variant Distributed Via IRS-Related Spam

28

Jul

2011

We have encountered another LICAT variant that is being spread via fake IRS spam to people under specific organizations, including Trend Micro. As you may recall, LICAT is known for its use of dynamic domain generation algorithm (DGA) technique. In the spammed message, recipients are informed of an issue regarding their tax payment. The message […]

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Malware distribution using fake YouTube pages

26

Jul

2011

Attackers often create fake YouTube pages in an effort to lure a victim into downloading malicious binaries. During our research, we recently found an example of such a site. When a victim visits the page, a security warning will pop up saying “The application’s digital signature cannot be verified. Do you want to run the […]

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