March, 2006 | MyAntiSpyware - Part 2

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Coolwebsearch.info – new site from the Coolwebsearch family

Myantispyware team March 21, 2006 No Comment Browser Hijacking

Sunbelt reported about new CWS site – Coolwebsearch.info. This site is an affiliate of Coolwebsearch.com that installs a toolbar which hijacks the home page without a EULA. Run by our Best Friend Ever, Vadmim Praha Whois Data: Fedorov Vadim Praha CZ hali @ volny.cz Fedorov Vadim Praha CZ sp @ prague-sex.com Fedorov Vadim Prtaha 5

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New unpatched vulnerability in the Internet Explorer (mshtml.dll) found

Myantispyware team March 17, 2006 No Comment Exploits & Vulnerabilities

There is a new and unpatched vulnerability with exploit code in the wild that affects the latest version of IE. The exploit works by including an abnormally large (a couple thousand) number of script actions inside a single HTML tag. This vulnerability can be triggered by specifying more than a couple thousand script action handlers

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in various Macromedia products

Myantispyware team March 15, 2006 No Comment Exploits & Vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in various Macromedia products, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. These flaws are due to unspecified errors when processing specially crafted SWF files. Affected Products Flash Player versions 8.0.22.0 and prior Breeze Meeting Add-In Version 5.1 and prior Shockwave Player version 10.1.0.11 and prior Flash

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How to remove BraveSentry

Myantispyware team March 14, 2006 No Comment Tutorials - HowTo

BraveSentry is a rogue anti spyware program that is known to issue fake warnings on your computer in order to manipulate you into buying its full commercial version. You may want to print out or make a copy of these instructions before starting, because you will not be able to connect to the internet during

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Fake Windows Sites + WMF Explot + Keyloger = New Botnet

Myantispyware team March 13, 2006 No Comment Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Identity Theft, Worms

Adam Piggott of Proactive Computing received message from Microsoft. The email had a link to a supposed Windows update site, but, in fact, the link went to a site running the WMF exploit. On an unpatched Windows computer, the exploit hits immediately. Social engineering is also at work, urging users to click a link at

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Trojan Horse keylogger steal end-user information for popular online games.

Myantispyware team March 13, 2006 3 Comments Identity Theft, Trojan

Websense® Security Labs™ has received reports of a malicious website, which is hosting a Trojan Horse keylogger. This keylogger is designed to steal end-user information for popular online games. The malicious code’s filename is main_n80.scr and was discovered on a site, which appears to be a fraudulent version of the Nokia Taiwan website. The site

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LdPinch again spammed via ICQ

Myantispyware team March 13, 2006 No Comment Identity Theft, Virus

Over the weekend, Kaspersky Lab intercepted Trojan-PSW.Win32.LdPinch.ahe – the latest variant of LdPinch. This malicious program sends itself to everyone on the victim’s ICQ contact list. It sends a Russian message which says: [translation] How to trick WebMoney! To find out how, read the Help instructions! The message includes a link to the malicious program

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BraveSentry – new rogue anti spyware

Myantispyware team March 9, 2006 No Comment Rogue Anti Spyware

In the some last months we reported about SpyAxe, SpywareStrike, PestTrap, AlfaCleaner, SpyFalcon … Now Sunbelt found new – BraveSentry. Below is a screen shot of an infestation from Game4all(dot)biz that installed both BraveSentry and AlfaCleaner: For more screenshots go here. If your desktop hijacked with BraveSentry you`ll look message: Your computer is danger! Windows

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Exchange rate conversion tool load Trojan.Downloader and Trojan.Muldrop

Myantispyware team March 8, 2006 No Comment Trojan

If you searching for a “currency” or “exchange rate” conversion tool with one of the more popular search engines, you can found a link or site like this one This site is present the user with a lovely, extensive and complete list of currencies and exchange rates to convert from and to. All for free.

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Running as Limited User – The Easy Way to keep a system free from malware

Myantispyware team March 6, 2006 1 Comment Malware removal

Malware has grown to epidemic proportions in the last few years. Despite applying layered security principles, including running antivirus, antispyware, and a firewall, even a careful user can fall victim to malware. Malware-infected downloads, drive-by exploits of Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerabilities, and a careless click on an Outlook attachment sent by a friend can render

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