In April 2012 the Russian IT security company Doctor Web already reported that a botnet created by hackers using the Win32.Rmnet.12 virus exceeded one million infected hosts. Doctor Web’s virus analysts have recently noted the spread of the new virus’s modification dubbed Win32.Rmnet.16. Its main difference from the previous version is a digital signature used […]
Doctor Web, a Russian IT security vendor, warns about a new scheme of scam and fraud to emerge in Facebook, the world’s most popular social network. Attackers have adopted the scheme notoriously known to Russian participants of Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki social networks, and created a special application for Facebook called Profile Visitor, which requests access […]
Doctor Web-a Russian anti-virus company-reports an outbreak of the Win32.Rmnet.12 virus that enabled attackers to create a botnet incorporating over million infected computers. Win32.Rmnet.12 infects Windows PCs, performs backdoor tasks and steals passwords stored by popular ftp clients. The passwords may later be used used to mount network attacks and infect websites. Win32.Rmnet.12 processes commands […]
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