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Doctor Web offers help to users whose systems have been compromised by an archive-blocker Trojan

01

Aug

2012

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users about the large-scale spreading of a multi-component ransomware that has been dubbed Trojan.ArchiveLock.2. It uses the archiver WinRAR to make files inaccessible for users. Doctor Web’s analysts have found a way to recover a password to extract files compromised by certain versions of the Trojan horse. Trojan.ArchiveLock.2 […]

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Cross-platform Trojan controls Windows and Mac machines

25

Jul

2012

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users about a dangerous cross-platform Trojan horse that provides criminals with full control over infected machines and can render a system non-operational. The malicious application, dubbed BackDoor.DaVinci.1, runs both in Windows and Mac OS X. Notably, the version for Mac OS X for the first time features rootkit […]

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We’ve got our eye on Eyestye

21

Jul

2012

Back in October 2011, we began to remove Eyestye variants using the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) in an effort to prevent the proliferation of this botnet. Today, we published a detailed MMPC Threat Report on this family. The report provides an in-depth analysis of how Win32/EyeStye works and the telemetry we have on its […]

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