28
Mar
“Evil Twin” wireless hotspots are copy-cats of the real hotspots, commonly found on airports, Starbucks, Mcdonald’s and other public places. They have SSID (Service Set ID) that is very much the same with the real one, sometimes the difference only is a letter. Trouble is, if you connect to these “evil twin” hotspots, you will […]
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25
Mar
Overview
Zlob is a trojan taking advantage of popularity of video download and video streaming. It poses as a fake video codec, but instead it loads more threat.
Zlob may arrive as a downloaded file from a malicious Web site. Upon execution, it creates the following registry entry to ensure its automatic execution at every system startup: […]
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25
Mar
Overview
TIBS C is a Trojan that comes to your PC through opening email messages with suspicious content, or pulling down a program from a chat room. It is using Outlook address book to propagate to your email contacts.
It will also try to download and execute other software like the TIBS dialer without user permission. […]
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21
Mar
Overview
This memory-resident Trojan replaces the systems’s desktop wallpaper. It replaces it with another .BMP file and then changes the system settings to prevent the user from changing it or even restoring it to the original.
It causes the system to display this image in the system desktop:
Upon execution, it drops the following files in […]
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21
Mar
From the publisher:
‘It logs every keystroke the user types, independent of the application they are using.’
A Keylogger properties:
• Takes and sends out screenshots of user activity
• Sends out logs by FTP or email
• Logs keystrokes
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background
How to Remove A Keylogger?
Automatic Removal
1. Download Spyware and Adware Removal Tool. […]
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21
Mar
Overview
“Nuvens” is a family of trojans that pose as fake applications to download and execute variants of other malware.
This Trojan usually arrives as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by a user when visiting malicious Web sites. It presents itself as a normal file from EmediaCodec.
Upon execution, […]
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