Posts Tagged ‘self replication’

New Rmnet malware disables anti-virus programs

May

2013

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users about new malicious modules found in the malware that is used to create and maintain the Rmnet bot network. One of them allows attackers to disable the anti-virus software installed on the infected computers. Doctor Web’s analysts also managed to hijack a Rmnet subnetwork whose bots contain […]

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Criminals fake Amazon.com to send malicious spam

Oct

2012

Doctor Web is warning users about malicious spam, allegedly from Amazon.com, that has been spreading widely since October 22. These messages prompt the recipient to download a license for Microsoft Windows; however, by clicking on the link, the user infects the system with two malicious programs simultaneously (Trojan.Necurs.97 and BackDoor.Andromeda.22). They stand by for the […]

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Strange Case of W32.Xpaj.B: Patient Zero

May

2012

A number of days ago, we observed a new variant of the W32.Xpaj.B virus and we blogged all of the initial details about its new features and how the outbreak sample is the patient zero of the infection. We have now done more analysis and the conclusion is in: there is no outbreak and W32.Xpaj.B […]

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New Rmnet malware disables anti-virus programs

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