Articles Archive for 31 December 2009

From Koobface with Love
Posted in Information and Removal on 31 December 2009

We’ve recieved a lot of positive feedback for our three part paper on Koobface (I, II, III) from all parts of the IT industry, but how the malware authors themselves have chimed in.
The Koobface gang (who are attempting to make people believe that they are a legitimate company) have left a Christmas message on each [...]

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From Koobface with Love

Malicious JavaScript Infects Websites
Posted in Information and Removal on 31 December 2009

Trend Micro threat analysts were alerted to the discovery of several compromised websites inserted with a JavaScript. The JavaScript is detected by Trend Micro as JS_AGENT.AOEQ. When executed, JS_AGENT.AOEQ uses a defer attribute, which enables it to delay executing its routine, that is, redirecting the user to several malicious websites. This is done so users will [...]

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Malicious JavaScript Infects Websites

SpyEraser
Posted in Information and Removal on 31 December 2009

SpyEraser is a rogue anti-spyware application, fake  scanner that tries to trick the user of the compromised computer by showing fake security alerts and fake infections into believing that his computer is badly infected. This fraud tool then asks to pay for a full version of the program to remove the infections which of course [...]

JS_AGENT.AOEQ
Posted in Trend Micro on 31 December 2009

Malware: JS_AGENT.AOEQ