January, 2006 | MyAntiSpyware - Part 4

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Symantec uses rootkit-type techniques for hide files

Myantispyware team January 15, 2006 1 Comment Critical patch

News.com reports Symantec has released an update to its popular Norton SystemWorks to fix a security problem that could be abused by cybercriminals to hide malicious software In the PC-tuning application, a feature called the Norton Protected Recycle Bin creates a hidden directory on Windows systems. The feature is meant to help people restore modified

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Belarc Advisor – Free Personal PC Audit

Myantispyware team January 13, 2006 No Comment Free Software

The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hotfixes, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server. Download here.

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Spyware Block List File

Myantispyware team January 13, 2006 2 Comments Free Software, Malware removal

Are you tired of Spyware, Malware and Adware programs being installed by ActiveX, but don’t want to lose out on important functionality? SpywareGuide has created a system that blocks known “dubious” ActiveX controls from running inside Internet Explorer by setting the “Kill Bit”. When a page tries to install a component from our list, it

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Ad AwareSE Update 11.01.2006

Myantispyware team January 13, 2006 No Comment Updates

New definitions: ==================== Adware.Mediapipe Adware.Webext RepairRegistryPro UnSpyPc Win32.Trojan.Gunbound Updated definitions: ==================== Adintelligence.AproposToolbar +4 Adware.Dropper Adware.NaviPromo.c +2 begin2search +6 DyFuCA Ezula Instafinder Lop +2 Malware.Psguard Malware.Spyaxe Pribi.BHO PurityScan SpywareNo +2 SurfSidekickBHO Win32.Trojan.Agent Win32.Trojan.Dialer.ay Win32.TrojanDownloader.Agent Win32.TrojanDownloader.Small Win32.TrojanDownloader.Zlob VX2 +2 Read more and download here.

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HOSTS file hijacking and bank password stealing

Myantispyware team January 13, 2006 No Comment Browser Hijacking

HOSTS file hijacking combined with bank password stealing trojans is one of the more egregious spyware tricks currently being seen. Here’s the scenario. A user is infected with a trojan and other malware that, among other things, changes the HOSTS file so that websites commonly used for online banking are redirected to the spyware pusher/thief’s

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Clam Antivirus Vulnerability

Myantispyware team January 13, 2006 No Comment Critical patch

A “critical” security flaw has been found in Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) software that attackers or viruses could exploit to take control over computers running the software. The vulnerability has to do with the way ClamAV looks at executable programs modified by a popular free file compression utility called UPX (short for the “ultimate packer for

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Quicktime patches for Mac and Windows

Myantispyware team January 11, 2006 No Comment Critical patch, Tips

Apple released a security update to Quicktime. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303101 There are multiple vulnerabilities patched. To summarize the advisory: A maliciously-crafted GIF/TIFF/TGA/QTIF image or multimedia file may result in arbitrary code execution. Well that pretty much covers the whole web browsing thing. Update your Quicktime now.

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Fake video addon VideoC

Myantispyware team January 11, 2006 No Comment Tips

SunbeltBlog have written about VideoC before We’ve been seeing this for a while now — a file starts to play, then is interrupted with a message that the user needs to install VideoC. Of course, there is no such player called VideoC. Instead, what you get is a big, fat nasty payload of spyware. (a

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SpyBot Update 06.01.06

Myantispyware team January 9, 2006 No Comment Updates

SpyBot Definition File Update 06.01.06 Hijacker + CoolWWWSearch.Feat2Installer + CoolWWWSearch.Service + CoolWWWSearch.Feat2DLL Keylogger + Perfect Keylogger Malware + ErrorSafe + Smitfraud-C. + SpyAxe + SpyTrooper + E2Give + Pacimedia + Deskwizz + DyFuCA.InternetOptimizer + MaxSearch + ConsumerAlertSystem + BookedSpace + WinFixer2005 + Zeno PUPS + MalwareWipe Spyware + 180Solutions.SearchAssistant + 180Solutions.SearchAssistant.Boomerang + 180Solutions.MediaGatewayX Trojan +

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How to remove SpywareStrike

Myantispyware team January 8, 2006 No Comment Rogue Anti Spyware, Tips, Tutorials - HowTo

SpywareStrike is a program that displays an icon in the system tray. This icons shows a balloon, which says that your computer is infected with dangerous spyware parasites and asks the user to download and install an antispyware program, which actually is SpywareStrike. Once the user clicks on such balloon, the trojan opens the official

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