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Don’t worry if your system is infected – just wait for 70 years

01

Oct

2012

It is quite usual to have a license expiration date built into commercial software, but what about malware? Is it common for disabled malware to repair itself and resurface? Well, it’s definitely not common, but as you will see in this post, some cases do exist. The sample we will look at belongs to the […]

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The Rise of the Ransomware – Police Virus Reloaded

04

Jul

2012

Some of you probably remember this article where I described the huge increase of attacks seen in some countries by malware that was posing as different law enforcement agencies. This kind of malware is called “Police Virus” due to this, and its main purpose (as usual with malware) is to steal money from the users. […]

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Fake FBI Ransomware analysis

18

Jun

2012

In our previous blog post our AVG Web Threats Research group analyzed a Blackhole exploit kit serving the fake FBI Ransomware. Today we will have a look at the ransomware itself. Payload Here is a typical ransom malware payload once it’s active on infected computer: User’s desktop is locked with a full-screen information displayed Task […]

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