Articles Archive for 17 June 2009
Posted in Information and Removal on 17 June 2009
URL redirection services like TinyURL have grown from almost nothing in recent years, due entirely to the success of Twitter and its 140-character limit. For most users, they represent a welcome convenience as they make their tweets, status messages, and other such space-limited posts throughout the day.
Unfortunately, cybercriminals have used such services as part of [...]
Post from: TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro
Posted in Information and Removal on 17 June 2009
The violent protests by activists unhappy with the results of the recently concluded Iran presidential elections are being paralleled by DDoS attacks organized by hacktivists to bring down Iran government websites.
Although it hasn’t been confirmed if the DDoS attacks were indeed successful, several Iranian government websites have been reported inaccessible. Noah Shachtman from Wired expressed [...]
Post from: TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro
Posted in Information and Removal on 17 June 2009
Spyware and Privacy Control Center is a fake spyware remover with quite possibly the most generic name ever. This parasite uses trojans, such as Zlob or Vundo, to enter the system - the trojan is usually disguised as a video codec. Spyware and Privacy Control Center relies on misleading advertising to trick users into purchasing [...]
