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What is scareware?

16

Jul

2021

Scareware is a type of rogue program which has been around for many years, arguably dating back to 1990. It can be installed without permission, or via deception and false promises. Scareware is primarily used to panic or worry someone into performing a task they otherwise wouldn’t have done. There are some caveats to this, […]

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Win32/Morto – Made in China, now with PE file infection

15

Nov

2012

In July 2012, our virus laboratory came across what we first thought was a new family of malware. The threat spread by infecting Portable Executable or PE files used by Windows, but this malware also infected systems through remote desktop and network shares. After further analysis, we realized we were dealing with a new version […]

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Hacking Tools, Survey Scam Using SOPA Target Facebook Users

06

Jun

2012

While monitoring our Smart Protection NetworkT data, we noticed a suspicious file from the website http://{BLOCKED}bookhacking.com/FacebookHackerPro_Install.exe. From the looks of the domain name, it suggests that it hosts a hacking tool for the social networking site Facebook. When I checked, the file is supposedly capable of obtaining Facebook passwords. Based on our analysis of the […]

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