The new mass mailing worm called Banwarum (also known as Zasran and Ranchneg) that is using World Cup themed email messages. The worm sends itself as a password protected archive and includes in the email the password for it. The emails sent by the worm are in German and some of them offer tickets for
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Yahoo IM worm hijacks Internet Explorer Installs fake browser
A worm that installs a ‘Safety Browser’ and plays screeching music is circulating via IM. The annoyance starts with a link apparently sent by a friend in Yahoo’s IM program. IM security company FaceTime Communications described the malware, which it calls “yhoo32.explr”, The malware infects the PC with two elements. The first element is a
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Kaspersky lab released detection for malware exploiting the MS Word vulnerability
Some days ago we have reported about vulnerability in the Microsoft Word. Malware which spreads via email is exploiting the vulnerability as a specially crafted MS-Word .DOC attachment.If the attachment is launched, this triggers a process which results in a backdoor being installed. Kaspersky lab released detection for the malware, a dropper and backdoor. As
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I just go to Amazon and Citibank, so why am I seeing pop-ups for Adult Friend Finder?
A typical lament: “I just go to Amazon and Citibank, so why am I seeing pop-ups for Adult Friend Finder?” Parents, we have an answer – your teenager. One of the benefits of testing so much of the Web is that we’ve developed a good sense of where the bad guys concentrate. And smiley sites
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Good tool for manage your HOSTS file
HOSTS Secure is a utility that you can use to automatically download, unzip and install the MVPS HOSTS file.
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How to remove guardupdate.com, startupguarduptodate.com, guarduptodate.com homepage hijackers
Symptoms: Homepage hijacked and you got redirect to guardupdate.com, startupguarduptodate.com, guarduptodate.com. Many more popups. Yelloe triangle pops up in the bottom of the task bar flashing and saying that your PC have infected. Print out these instructions as we will need to close every window that is open later in the fix. Download HijackThis and
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How to block Microsoft Word vulnerability, recommended defenses.
Microsoft will release a patch against this problem in June, but even after that there are likely to be other attacks using other exploits. So let’s think a bit beyond the next couple of days on how to defend your network. User education is of course key, but likely insufficient. Attacks like that will use
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Found exploit using new Microsoft Word vulnerability
Internet Storm Center reported about a new Word vulnerability being used. Exploit, using the vulnerability, has been sent as email attachment to specific individuals. The exploit functioned as a dropper, extracting a trojan byte-for-byte from the host file when executed. After extracting and launching the trojan, the exploit then overwrote the original Word document with
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How to remove Spyware Sheriff and Antispylab
Spyware Sheriff is an rogue antispyware application that uses Trojans and other malware into tricking or scaring you into purchasing it. If you are infected with this malware, your Internet Explorer home page will be reset to about:blank and display a fake Windows Security Center alert stating that you are possibly infected. When you click
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How to remove Spyware Soft Stop
Spyware Soft Stop is a rogue antispyware. Once installed this program will issue fake taskbar alerts, which look like Windows Security alerts, stating that you are infected with various viruses and advising you to click on the icon to remove them. For remove this program you should download following: Download HijackThis and save the file
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