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Rogue business

27

Jul

2011

FakeAV is never really far when you want to find it. Browsing a couple of dubious links was enough to trigger a ‘you are infected’ page. This one is pretending to be from Microsoft Security Essentials: The file that gets downloaded weighs a heavy (as far as malware goes) 4.58 Mb and comes from:03.85da0f71.com VirusTotal […]

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Krebs/Danchev Trojan Pushes Adult Website

28

Jun

2011

Complete malware analysis is often limited by real-world circumstances. Many of the trojans that we analyze will attempt to connect to a remote server for further instructions. At this point, we know that the software is not legitimate and should be blocked from installation on our customer’s computers. We don’t really need to examine it […]

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Fake Windows Updates Are Easy to Avoid

11

Jun

2011

Our friends (and competitors) at Sophos blogged about a new threat that poses as a Windows Update and then infects unsuspecting users with a fake antivirus product.The update appears to be very real and is tricking users. While my colleagues at Sophos offer excellent advice to help people protect themselves (as I believe we do also), […]

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