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High profile site scares users

29

Apr

2013

We come across a plenty of malware reports every day. Sometimes we have to deal with some special cases, where a respected vendor is involved. This time it was the Dell driver download site. Download siteThe “Download file” link leads to this unexpected screen (our user complained about a false positive): What a surprise?!Well, being […]

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Our Mac Antivirus Blocks Java Exploits

22

Feb

2013

Yesterday, two of our analysts, Brod and Timo, tested a Facebook/Apple hack related Java exploit with our Anti-Virus for Mac. And the result? Our Mac AV blocked the exploit with a generic detection (created Nov. 19th 2012) called: Exploit:Java/Majava.B. Nice! So, how is the sample related? On February 15th, Mac malware samples were shared via […]

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W32.Changeup – A Worm By Any Other Name

01

Dec

2012

Whether a Montague or a Capulet, it never mattered to Juliet, as she made the case in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” when she says one of her most famous lines, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”Earlier this week, we wrote about the increase […]

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