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Smoke and mirrors and Win32/Phorpiex

16

Nov

2012

This month one of the families introduced to MSRT is Win32/Phorpiex, a worm that spreads via removable drives and has IRC controlled backdoor functionality. In most respects Phorpiex is another worm, with typical command and control via IRC as well as spreading via removable drives. Like many other malware it usually does this by using […]

Category General Written by Microsoft Malware Protection Center 0 Comments

Zulu: The Warrior is Even Stronger Now

31

May

2012

We have analyzed close to 100,000 URLs since we launched Zulu in January 2012. Zulu provides real-time analysis of web content to determinate whether it is safe or malicious. Our goal is and always has been to make this free service easy to use and understand. We have made significant improvements to Zulu at all […]

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MBR Confusion

29

Jun

2011

Our friends at Microsoft recently blogged about a new variant of a bootkit Trojan from the family they call Popureb. The variant, Win32/Popureb.E, introduced a driver component to prevent a malicious master boot record (MBR) and other malicious components from being cleaned. At least one tech writer was quick to pick up on the implications […]

Category General Written by Symantec Security Response Blog 0 Comments

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