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New Rmnet malware disables anti-virus programs

May

2013

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users about new malicious modules found in the malware that is used to create and maintain the Rmnet bot network. One of them allows attackers to disable the anti-virus software installed on the infected computers. Doctor Web’s analysts also managed to hijack a Rmnet subnetwork whose bots contain […]

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Dangerous Trojan substitutes web pages

May

2013

Specialists from the Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web have studied one of the most widespread threats in April 2013, the Trojan Trojan.Mods.1, formerly known as Trojan.Redirect.140. According to statistics compiled by the curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!, the number of infections with this Trojan represent 3.07% of the total number of detected threats. A summary of […]

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Nasty Trojan infects 100 hosts in sixty minutes

Apr

2013

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web has gained control over a botnet created with BackDoor.Bulknet.739 that, on average, is infecting as many as 100 computers per hour. The Trojan facilitates the sending of massive volumes of spam from infected computers. BackDoor.Bulknet.739 mainly targets machines located in Italy, France, Turkey, the USA, Mexico and Thailand. The first […]

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New Rmnet malware disables anti-virus programs

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Nasty Trojan infects 100 hosts in sixty minutes

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