Articles Archive for 24 February 2010
Posted in Information and Removal on 24 February 2010
Within days of Adobe’s release of out-of-band security updates for both Acrobat and Reader, word now comes from security researcher Aviv Raff, of another new vulnerability in an Adobe product.
The flaw was found in Adobe Download Manager (DLM), an application Adobe uses to deliver common applications (e.g., Flash and Reader) to users’ systems. Normally, it [...]
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Posted in Information and Removal on 24 February 2010
TrendLabs Web content security analysts recently received spammed messages (see Figure 1) purporting to come from the Bank of Nevada. At first, the attack seems just like any other common phishing attack. However, users who are tricked into clicking the URL embedded in the spammed messages will be redirected to a fake Bank of Nevada [...]
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Posted in Information and Removal on 24 February 2010
A new Twitter worm is making the rounds. If you receive a direct message from a “friend” that contains the following message:
“This you????”
It is likely malicious. Clicking the link, http://twitter.login.{BLOCKED}home.org/login/, will redirect you to a sub page of the said domain. You will then be prompted to log in to your Twitter account.
Take a look [...]
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Posted in Information and Removal on 24 February 2010
Are you constantly being redirected to Antivirus-power.com website? Then you have to know some main information about it.
If you have already seen this website you probably know that it advertises Antivirus Live program. So let’s briefly talk about this application at first. Antivirus Live pretends to be an anti-spyware program but in reality it only [...]
Posted in Information and Removal on 24 February 2010
Av-protect.com is a website promoting Antivirus Soft rogue anti-spyware program. It’s not just one more ordinary website, but it also works as a browser hijacker. Usually you are taken to this website without your will. The website contains lots of information about Antivirus Soft application which is presented as the best security tool but in [...]
