Articles Archive for 10 January 2010

Trojan.Spy.ZBot.EKF
Posted in BitDefender on 10 January 2010

Trojan.Spy.ZBot.EKF

Scanner-pc-2010.org
Posted in Information and Removal on 10 January 2010

Scanner-pc-2010.org is a browser hijacker that distributes Internet Security 2010 fake anti-spyware. The main purpose of this application is to earn money from trustful computer users. Scanner-pc-2010.org hijacks computer and changes some of the Internet parameters. In this way you are redirected to a fake scanner that imitates all of your drives, runs a potential [...]

what’s in a malware name
Posted in Information and Removal on 10 January 2010

…that which we call conficker by any other name would taste as sour.david harley, tom kelchner, and mary landesman have all posted their responses to an infosecurity article questioning the apparent lack of consistency in malware naming.they all say …

BKDR_POISON.BQA
Posted in Trend Micro on 10 January 2010

Malware: BKDR_POISON.BQA

Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.q
Posted in Information and Removal on 10 January 2010

Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.q is a fake threat that appears in fake pop-up security messages and alerts. It is displayed after Malware Defense completes the scan of the infected computer. The message looks like this:
Security Center Alert
To help protect your computer, windows firewall
has blocked some features of this program
Do you want to block this suspicious software?
Name: Worm.Win32.NetSky.q
Risk High [...]

Win32/DataDoctor2010.A
Posted in CA Security Advisor on 10 January 2010

 

Win32/RansomDocCrypt.A
Posted in CA Security Advisor on 10 January 2010