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New Trojan fakes search results

15

Jan

2013

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users about a malicious program dubbed BackDoor.Finder which fakes search result pages and redirects browsers to bogus websites. When launched in an infected system, BackDoor.Finder creates a copy of itself in the current user’s % APPDATA% folder and makes corresponding changes in the branch of the Windows registry […]

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New Trojan for Android can mount DDoS attacks

26

Dec

2012

The Russian anti-virus vendor Doctor Web warns Internet users about a new malicious program for Android. TheAndroid.DDoS.1.origin can carry out DDoS-attacks on various internet resources and send short messages upon a corresponding command from criminals. After installation, Android.DDoS.1.origin creates an application icon, similar to that of Google Play. If the user decides to use the […]

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Happy Halloween from the MMPC

31

Oct

2012

One of my pet peeves working in computer security has always been the use of emotive language. I have always felt that using highly emotive terms to discuss malware greatly adds to the already-considerable FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) that surrounds a lot of malware information. The FUD, in turn, leads users to think that this is […]

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