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MSRT November ’12 – Weelsof around the world

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Dec

2012

Win32/Weelsof is part of a large malware family called ransomware, which is different from your traditional trojans and worms. Ransomware’s main goal is to financially benefit from every infected user and force them to pay. We included Win32/Weelsof in our November release of the Malicious Software Removal Tool. Malware entry point The user can be […]

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Police Ransomware: Evolving At a Tremendous Pace

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Nov

2012

The Police Ransomware is not a new threat but has been evolving at a tremendous pace. Here we are talking about Trojans which don’t let the victims use their computer until they pay a “fine” for doing naughty things. To do this, they impersonate local police forces by using the infected user’s regional settings – […]

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Trojan on the Loose: An In-Depth Analysis of Police Trojan

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Apr

2012

We have been analyzing and monitoring the so-called Police Trojan since it appeared a few months ago. This malware infects the victim’s machine by means of a web page and hijacks the machine so as to make it unusable until the owner pays a 100-euro fine. Yes, a fine: it threatens users by posing as […]

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