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My Little Pronny: Autorun worms continue to turn

07

Dec

2012

Malware activity exploiting Autorun on Windows computers has been generating quite a few calls to ESET support lines lately, reminding us that old infection techniques seldom die and USB flash drives can still be an effective means of getting malicious code onto a computer. USB drives can be used to infect computers that automatically execute […]

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W32/VBNA-X worm spreads quickly through networks and removable media

30

Nov

2012

SophosLabs researchers have noticed a significant increase in the spread of malware we call W32/VBNA-X (among other names).Several other vendors, including McAfee (W32/Autorun.worm.aaeb) and Symantec (W32.ChangeUp), have been alerting their customers as well. While the basic components of this malware have been around for some time, it has become considerably more aggressive in its latest […]

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MSRT June Release, taking care of a few worm families

15

Jun

2011

In this month’s MSRT release, we added three new threat families to the detection capability. One of these three is Win32/Nuqel, which has been around for four years since its first variant was found. More than 60 variants of Win32/Nuqel have been identified in the wild. This worm spreads itself via network shares, removable drives […]

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