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January ’12 MSRT: Win32/Sefnit

Jan

2012

The January 2012 edition of the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) includes detection and removal of the Win32/Sefnit family of trojans. This trojan family moderates and redirects web browser search engine results for Bing, Yahoo! and Google. The earliest reported variant in this family can be traced back to August 2010. The installation mechanism […]

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Malicious Boot loaders

Dec

2011

Cybercriminals are always looking for new ways to infect systems – ideally without being noticed until it’s too late. The sky is the limit for their creativity, as the latest wave of malicious boot loaders shows. The kit has been pioneered by Brazilian Trojan bankers who aim to remove security software. This non-traditional infection only […]

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MSRT November: Dofoil

Nov

2011

As previously noted, one of the three families added to the November release of the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool is Win32/Dofoil. TrojanDownloader:Win32/Dofoil is a configurable downloader. Dofoil will attempt to receive control instructions from a remote server. The response contains encrypted configuration data containing download URLs and execution options, as visible in a partially […]

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