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Support Desk Scams: CLSID Not Unique

20

Jul

2011

Yeah, yeah, yet another coldcall scam post, but featuring a ploy I haven’t come across before, intended to convince you that the scammer really knows something about your system, so that you’re likelier to fall for the scam. Rebecca Herold reports for InfosecIsland that she was contacted by one of those helpful “support desk” people who […]

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MSRT July 2011: Targeting web redirector malware

12

Jul

2011

The Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) targets two prevalent families in this July 2011 release, Win32/Tracur and Win32/Dursg. Both families share common functionality that monitors user web search queries and redirects to a malicious URL to display advertisements or download more malware. It affects users of web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and […]

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MMPC Threat Report: Cracking open Qakbot

28

May

2011

Today, we’re releasing a Microsoft Malware Protection Center Threat Report on Qakbot as a follow-up to the recently-released Microsoft SIRv10 and our special report on Battling Botnets in late 2010. This report focuses on one botnet in particular, Qakbot. Qakbot is a backdoor that includes user-mode rootkit functionality to hide itself and also steal sensitive […]

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