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Fake MS Messenger 8 beta

Myantispyware team December 28, 2005 No Comment Virus

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

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Beware Vcodec

Myantispyware team December 17, 2005 1 Comment Trojan, Virus

Wondering how people get to these bogus security sites and download junk like SpyAxe? Patrick Jordan and Adam Thomas on SunBelt spyware research team have been investigating Vcodec.com. This is a site that has a program called “VCodec v3.05b is new generation multimedia compressor/decompressor which registers into the Windows collection of multimedia drivers…” This is

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New email virus Beagle on the war path

Myantispyware team December 16, 2005 No Comment Virus

A new Beagle/Bagle variant is making the rounds. It comes in an almost empty email, as a ZIP attachment containing the worm as an EXE. The attachment name, email subject and sole text content of the email all seem to be male or female names. Keep your eyes peeled, especially if your users are reading

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Ewido security suite 3.5 – Complement your existing protection system today

Myantispyware team November 27, 2005 2 Comments Malware removal, Trojan, Virus

Ewido anti-spyware 4.0 will now continue under the new product name AVG Internet Security. AVG Internet Security is comprehensive real-time protection against all Internet threats. AVG Internet Security offer you realtime protection against these threats. Hijackers and Spyware. Secure surfing in the Internet without fear of annoying changes of the start page of your browser,

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New Sober Variants

Myantispyware team November 23, 2005 No Comment Virus

Antivirus software does not provide any reliable protection against current threats. Viruses like Sober tend to change every few hours well in advance of AV signature updates. The fact that an attachment did not get marked is no indication that it is harmless. We do receive reports of up to date versions of AV software

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New Email virus

Myantispyware team November 15, 2005 No Comment Virus

New Sober variant in the wild Yesterday we got some messages about a possible new variant of the Sober virus to be released today. The F-Secure Weblog was one of the sources that posted a press release of the Bavarian Police warning about the new variant. And looks like they got it right…At least according

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What are computer viruses?

Myantispyware team November 4, 2005 No Comment FAQ, Virus

Computer viruses are programs specifically written to wreak havoc on your system. The main intent of a virus is to cause problems with as many computers as possible. The problems caused could be minor, or could shut down the network of an entire company.

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