Articles Archive for 10 November 2008

Trenderdia threat: information and removal
Posted in Information and Removal on 10 November 2008

Trenderdia trojan is both dangerous and annoying. It spreads through WinRar files downloaded from various sources. Trenderdia hijacks web browser and redirects users to fake security center website that sells rogue anti-spyware programs. Trenderdia trojan makes it impossible to use online searches. It takes homepage over and it even redirects browser to fraudulent websites when …

Puper threat: information and removal
Posted in Information and Removal on 10 November 2008

Puper is dangerous malware since it’s both a trojan and a browser hijacker. It infects computers secretly and it can only be avoided if real-time security tools are installed on board a computer.

Puper trojan itself is not dangerous, but it promotes rogue security tools. And downloading fake anti-spywares may cause serious damage. Puper hijacks web …

‘US Treasury’ Warns of Phishing, Redirects to Malicious Sites
Posted in Information and Removal on 10 November 2008

Spammed email messages supposedly from The United States Federal Reserve Bank warn their recipients of a “large-scaled phishing attack” affecting several banks and credit unions. A spammed message may look like this:

Figure 1. Sample spammed message.
The email message gives details on the supposed phishing attack and adds that the US Tresury Department has also monitored [...]

SpyDestroy threat: information and removal
Posted in Information and Removal on 10 November 2008

Spy Destroy is new malware exploiting name of reputable software in order to trick people and take their money. Do not take SpyDestroy as ‘Spybot - Search & Destroy’ or vice versa. Spybot - Search & Destroy is quite reputable anti-spyware while SpyDestroy is a scam. It is presented as a security tool to make …

Trojan.Magania-7895
Posted in ClamAV on 10 November 2008

Kaspersky AVP: Trojan-GameThief.Win32.Magania.ajjd
Bitdefender: Packer.Malware.NSAnti.1

Trojan.Downloader-58954
Posted in ClamAV on 10 November 2008

Kaspersky AVP: Trojan-Downloader.Win32.BHO.yo

HTML.Phishing.Card-55
Posted in ClamAV on 10 November 2008
HTML.Phishing.Card-54
Posted in ClamAV on 10 November 2008
HTML.Phishing.Card-53
Posted in ClamAV on 10 November 2008
HTML.Phishing.Card-52
Posted in ClamAV on 10 November 2008