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| Computers increasingly being infected by fake antivirus products (04 September 2008) Panda Security's laboratory for detecting and analyzing malware, has noted an increase in the use of malware under the guise of fake antivirus products to defraud users. These applications... |
| The state of malware - August 2008 edition (04 September 2008) Fortinet announced the top 10 most reported high-risk threats for August 2008. Malware W32/Multidr.JD!tr and HTML/Agent.HFZ!phish, disguised as security software AntiVirus XP 2008 and... |
| Weekly malware report: keylogger, autorun worm and exchanger trojan (29 August 2008) This week's PandaLabs report looks at the Autorun.ADF worm, and the KeyLogger.E and Exchanger.AH Trojans. Autorun.ADF reaches computers in an attachment called "MY COMPLETED DOWNLDFX.EXE".... |
| More malware blocked in July 2008 than in the whole of 2007 (27 August 2008) In its Global Threat Report ScanSafe reported that the total number of Web-based malware blocks has increased by 87 per cent in July 2008 compared to the previous month. Specifically,... |
| Malware of the week: AIM worm, spammer trojan and fake p2p apps (22 August 2008) This week's PandaLabs report looks at the Oscarbot.UG worm, the Spammer.AJF Trojan and a series of P2P applications used to distribute the adware Lop. Oscarbot.UG is a worm with backdoor... |
| "New" Madonna video comes with a trojan horse (21 August 2008) Sophos is warning music fans to be wary of opening unsolicited emails claiming to reveal the latest news about their favourite pop stars. The warning follows the discovery of a new... |
| Spoof P2P applications distribute the Lop adware (21 August 2008) Two spoof P2P application installers, BitRoll-5.0.0.0 and Torrent101-4.5.0.0, are being used to install the Lop adware on users’ systems. These programs are used to exchange files between... |
| Threat Spy: tracking malware across the globe (20 August 2008) ScanSafe launched Threat Spy, the first virtual map to show the increasingly dangerous Web threat landscape. Threat Spy displays malware as it is identified and blocked by ScanSafe,... |
| Fake MSNBC news used in the latest spam and malware combo campaign (14 August 2008) Sophos reported a new widespread wave of dangerous spam messages that claim to be breaking news alerts from MSNBC. Samples intercepted at SophosLabs have revealed that rather than containing... |
| Ten million zombies distribute spam and malware daily (13 August 2008) According to a Panda Security and CommTouch report on the current state of spam, on average during the second quarter of this year, more than 10 million zombie computers were sending... |
