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New Trojan.Winlock extorts credit card data

16

Jul

2011

Various Trojan-horses disrupting normal operation of Windows emerge rather regularly. Doctor Web-the leading Russian anti-virus vendor-warns users of a new Trojan horse of this type that targets Windows users worldwide and aims at extorting their credit card information. The first instances of infection by Trojan.Winlocks were registered in 2007. The period from November 2009 till […]

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June virus activity review: number of threats for Android increased tenfold since January

04

Jul

2011

The first summer month in 2011 turned out to be rich in new threats to information security. Doctor Web virus analysts found more than 40 malicious programs for the operating system Android (and only one for iOS), which indicates a steady increase in the platform’s popularity among virus writers. Compared with the beginning of 2011, […]

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New Trojan horse for Android spreads with Angry Birds Rio Unlock

10

Jun

2011

Doctor Web-a leading Russian anti-virus vendor-warns users about a new dangerous malware family that target smart phones running Android-Android.Plankton. The malware built into Angry Birds Rio Unlock, which gives access to hidden levels of this popular game, sends information about the infected device to criminals and downloads other malicious programs.The beginning of June 2011 saw […]

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New Trojan.Winlock extorts credit card data

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