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New Trojan fakes search results

15

Jan

2013

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users about a malicious program dubbed BackDoor.Finder which fakes search result pages and redirects browsers to bogus websites. When launched in an infected system, BackDoor.Finder creates a copy of itself in the current user’s % APPDATA% folder and makes corresponding changes in the branch of the Windows registry […]

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The first Trojan in history to steal Linux and Mac OS X passwords

22

Aug

2012

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is reporting the emergence of the first cross-platform backdoor to run under Linux and Mac OS X. This malicious program is designed to steal passwords stored by a number of popular Internet applications. BackDoor.Wirenet.1 is the first such Trojan capable of running under any of these operating systems. It’s not […]

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New Trojan for Mac OS X

02

Jul

2012

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users about a new Trojan horse for Mac OS X. This application can perform backdoor tasks and execute commands issued by a remote, hacker-controlled server. Back in late June, Doctor Web’s anti-virus laboratory received a sample e-mail message with a malicious program attached targeting Mac OS X. This […]

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