Articles Archive for 25 June 2009

System Security 4.52
Posted in Information and Removal on 25 June 2009

System Security 4.52 is a new release of System Security malware that imitates the computer to be infected and then requires the money for fixing this problem. It became absolutely a routine for many rogue security programs to spread themselves with Trojans in such a way.
After parasites come to the PC undetected, a few critical [...]

TROJ_FAKEAV.BBM
Posted in Trend Micro on 25 June 2009

Malware: TROJ_FAKEAV.BBM

SmartScan makes wonders!
Posted in Information and Removal on 25 June 2009

In a few blog notes before we boasted statistics of antivirus scan speeds within Outpost Security Suite, here’s the data of yet another research performed by Antimalware Test Lab.

As you remember all Agnitum’s products are empowered with SmartScan technology, which helps skyrocket overall product performance and dramatically minimize scanning time. SmartScan records statistics of previous scans and avoids checking unchanged files in consequent analyses, which makes malware checks extremely fast and easy.

The first chart shows primary scan speeds across a bunch of security solutions:

Outpost 2009 does pretty well on the clean set collection with a decent 3 minutes showing.

Now let’s take a look at the repeated scan statistics:

Yes, right! Outpost performs a repeated check in just about 5 seconds!

For details, you can study the chart below (click to enlarge):

Keep your eye open for Outpost software updates and new versions that will include further performance tweaks and iterations of the acclaimed SmartScan technology.

ErrorFix
Posted in Information and Removal on 25 June 2009

ErrorFix is a fake registry cleaner, which comes as no surprise having in mind how notorious registry cleaners have been over the years for being either fake or ineffective tools. This parasite, however, is not merely fake and ineffective, but even dangerous to some extent, not to mention annoying. ErrorFix uses trojans or worms to spread [...]

Another Sex Tape, Another Malware Attack
Posted in Information and Removal on 25 June 2009

Earlier today Rik Ferguson at the Countermeasures blog posted about a new malware threat that came from Twitter. The details are at his post but the short version is as follows:
Somehow, the Twitter account of noted venture capitalist and writer/columnist, Guy Kawasaki, was hacked into posting a malicious tweet/update (see Figure 1). It came with [...]

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Another Sex Tape, Another Malware Attack