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FTC to refund rogue security software victims

Dec

2011

The United States Federal Trade Commission announced that it will begin issuing refunds to 300,000 consumers that were victims of several rogue security software scams such as “Winfixer“, “Drive Cleaner” and “XP Antivirus“. The following is a list of Microsoft antimalware product detection names that are linked to the Winfixer family: Program:Win32/AdvancedCleaner Program:Win32/Antivirus2008 Program:Win32/Antivirus2009 Program:Win32/SpywareIsolatorProgram:Win32/WinFixer […]

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Poison and EyeStye, by the numbers

Nov

2011

The latest MSRT release included coverage for two more malware families, one being Win32/EyeStye, which we discussed earlier this month, and the other being Win32/Poison. In tandem with our efforts to provide an antidote to the scourge of Win32/Poison infections via the MSRT, we’ve also today published a detailed MMPC Threat Report on the same […]

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Announcing the newest MMPC Research and Response Lab

Jul

2011

I’m very excited to announce that today, the MMPC is opening a new research and response lab in Munich, Germany! Why Munich? Well, this central location in Europe enables the MMPC to be more agile in responding to threats across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The new lab complements the existing European antimalware lab […]

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