Articles Archive for 24 July 2009

Another Day, a New Zero-Day Exploit for Adobe
Posted in Information and Removal on 24 July 2009

It has been a busy week for Adobe as only a few days after the software company announced that it would put up a vulnerable PDF Reader on its download site, a more serious one bubbled up.
Trend Micro researchers recently came across samples that exploited a new zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader 9.1.2 and Adobe [...]

Post from: TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro

Another Day, a New Zero-Day Exploit for Adobe

svchost.exe has encountered a problem
Posted in Information and Removal on 24 July 2009

“svchost.exe has encountered a problem” is a fake error notice generated by the rogue anti-spyware program called Windows Antivirus Pro. Full warning reads:
svchost.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
If you are in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost.
Please tell Microsoft [...]

Internet attack attempt detected
Posted in Information and Removal on 24 July 2009

“Internet attack attempt detected” is a misleading security alert from Windows Antivirus Pro rogue security program. You will see more similar security warnings from Windows Task Bar, if your computer is infected with this program. The fake alert states that your PC is under attack and claims that you have to purchase Windows Antivirus Pro [...]

BKDR_PCCLIEN.DAF
Posted in Trend Micro on 24 July 2009

Malware: BKDR_PCCLIEN.DAF

TROJ_FAKEAV.FT
Posted in Trend Micro on 24 July 2009

Malware: TROJ_FAKEAV.FT