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MSRT January 2013 – Ganelp

Jan

2013

To start the new year, we have added the Win32/Ganelp and Win32/Lefgroo families of worms to the January release of the Malicious Software Removal Tool. Win32/Ganelp spreads via removable drives, uploads stolen information and downloads arbitrary files from remote FTP servers. We have had detection signatures for this family for approximately 2 years and it continues to […]

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What’s the Fuss with WORM_VOBFUS?

Nov

2012

Some malware are more persistent than others – like WORM_VOBFUS. This recent heap of WORM_VOBFUS variants seen spreading on Facebook does not exhibit new routines, but it is a good reminder for users about well-known, but easily forgotten safe computing practices.Based on our initial analysis, these WORM_VOBFUS variants that recently surfaced do not show any […]

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W32.Changeup – A Malicious Gift That Keeps On Giving

Nov

2012

In mid-2009 W32.Changeup, a polymorphic worm written in Visual Basic, was first discovered on systems around the world. Over the last few years, we have profiled this threat, explained why it spreads, and shown how it was created.In the last week there has been an increase in the number of W32.Changeup detections. The increase in […]

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