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Zbot family runs on selected systems only

12

Apr

2013

It is pretty usual when you try to analyze some malware that does not run in virtual machine or emulator. Using usually very well known tricks it can prevent itself from being analyzed. But what if it does not run even on real computer? The following sample, part of the zbot family, uses volume CLSID […]

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Ransomware false advertising

22

Mar

2013

The AVG Web Threats Research group found a redesign of a recent ransomware page that claims the scam has dealings with most of the major anti-virus companies in the world, including AVG. The malicious operators behind the scheme have put the name and logo of the US Department of Justice at the top of their […]

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Fake AV 3 years later: still there, still not blocked

22

Dec

2012

You may want to open the first blog post we did on Fake AV in December 2009, three years ago, side by side with this post. See if you can spot the differences… fake antivirus pages in 2012 are nearly the same as they were three years ago and most AV solutions still fail to […]

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