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It is downloaded with spyware just like its twin SpyAxe. The SpywareStrike website is identical to the SpyAxe site except for the name. The domain registration information looks familiar, too. Domain Name: SPYWARESTRIKE.COM Registrant: Keramitsu LLC David Alan Taylor 321th Melburn Street Seattle Washington,98107 US Tel. +207.9545521 Like the SpyAxe.com registration information, this looks bogus.
Nail.exe is a is a hijacker which means it will intermittently change your Internet Explorer settings / Desktop to the link of it’s author’s sponsors. This program is usually installed through consent, however is sometimes packaged as another product. Aurora.exe is an advertising program by Aurora. This process monitors your browsing habits and distributes the
The explosive propagation of the Nabload.U and Banker.BSX Trojans has left thousands of computers around the world infected. Panda Software has therefore made its PQRemove utility available to all users to detect and remove these Trojans from any infected computer. This utility can be downloaded from http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/. Currently, Banker.BSX and Nabload.U hold first and second
Utilising a new fusion of spyware and phishing techniques, a recently discovered Trojan is threatening Spanish-speaking bank customers. Nabload.U, which distributes using MSN Messenger, has made a target of online bank users in traditionally Spanish-speaking countries. Both technical and social engineering techniques have been used to get PC users to download the Trojan. Once it
SecurityFocus just posted a bulletin on it. Microsoft Windows WMF graphics rendering engine is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. The problem presents itself when a user views a malicious WMF formatted file, triggering the vulnerability when the engine attempts to parse the file. The issue may be exploited remotely or by a local
F-Secure is warning about ads for a “leaked version” of Windows Messenger 8 beta. There is no public beta of this and it is a virus. If you download and run BETA8WEBINSTALL.EXE, you won’t get a new chat client. Instead, your existing MSN Messenger will start to send download links to everyone in your contact
Winhound is a anti-spyware/antivirus program that is know to issue fake alerts on your computer in order to manipulate you into buying its full commercial version. If you are infected with this program you may receive virus alerts in your task bar that appear to be from Microsoft Security Center stating that you are infected
– A new Trojan, MerryX.A, reaches victims in an email with the subject “MERRY CHRISTMAS!”, and hides behind an animation with Santa Claus and Christmas music – This Trojan joins the list of malware species that take advantage of the massive sending of Christmas cards via email to enter users’ computers PandaLabs reports the appearance
PandaLabs has detected a series of files being circulated across the Internet that supposedly contain music and videos, but also contain a poisonous gift: in order to get the videos and music, users must install adware. The excuse used is that a license is needed in order to play the files, which involves agreeing to
