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BackDoor.Flashback.39 epidemic chronology

11

Apr

2012

The news of the outbreak of BackDoor.Flashback.39 that has infected over 650 000 computers running Mac OS X quickly spread throughout the world, causing a strong public response. The Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web that was the first to issue a warning concerning this threat presents the brief BackDoor.Flashback.39 outbreak chronology. February 2012 Oracle released […]

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Flooders take down Counter-Strike and Half-Life servers

27

Mar

2012

Doctor Web-the Russian developer of IT security software-is notifying users of a wave of flooder applications designed to render Counter-Strike and Half-Life game servers, as well as other GoldSource servers, non-operational. Some of these malignant programs may also do harm to the criminals who use them.Competition among owners of game servers is traditionally high, especially, […]

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New Windows locker changes system access passwords

13

Mar

2012

Doctor Web-a Russian developer of IT security software-has discovered a new Windows blocker program added to the virus database as Trojan.Winlock.5729. It uses standard Windows tools to block access to the system by changing local user passwords – the feature that distinguishes it from other programs of its kind. Traditionally ransomware use a special application […]

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