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Spyware Block List File

Myantispyware team January 13, 2006 2 Comments Free Software, Malware removal

Are you tired of Spyware, Malware and Adware programs being installed by ActiveX, but don’t want to lose out on important functionality? SpywareGuide has created a system that blocks known “dubious” ActiveX controls from running inside Internet Explorer by setting the “Kill Bit”. When a page tries to install a component from our list, it

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Ad AwareSE Update 11.01.2006

Myantispyware team January 13, 2006 No Comment Updates

New definitions: ==================== Adware.Mediapipe Adware.Webext RepairRegistryPro UnSpyPc Win32.Trojan.Gunbound Updated definitions: ==================== Adintelligence.AproposToolbar +4 Adware.Dropper Adware.NaviPromo.c +2 begin2search +6 DyFuCA Ezula Instafinder Lop +2 Malware.Psguard Malware.Spyaxe Pribi.BHO PurityScan SpywareNo +2 SurfSidekickBHO Win32.Trojan.Agent Win32.Trojan.Dialer.ay Win32.TrojanDownloader.Agent Win32.TrojanDownloader.Small Win32.TrojanDownloader.Zlob VX2 +2 Read more and download here.

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HOSTS file hijacking and bank password stealing

Myantispyware team January 13, 2006 No Comment Browser Hijacking

HOSTS file hijacking combined with bank password stealing trojans is one of the more egregious spyware tricks currently being seen. Here’s the scenario. A user is infected with a trojan and other malware that, among other things, changes the HOSTS file so that websites commonly used for online banking are redirected to the spyware pusher/thief’s

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Clam Antivirus Vulnerability

Myantispyware team January 13, 2006 No Comment Critical patch

A “critical” security flaw has been found in Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) software that attackers or viruses could exploit to take control over computers running the software. The vulnerability has to do with the way ClamAV looks at executable programs modified by a popular free file compression utility called UPX (short for the “ultimate packer for

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Quicktime patches for Mac and Windows

Myantispyware team January 11, 2006 No Comment Critical patch, Tips

Apple released a security update to Quicktime. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303101 There are multiple vulnerabilities patched. To summarize the advisory: A maliciously-crafted GIF/TIFF/TGA/QTIF image or multimedia file may result in arbitrary code execution. Well that pretty much covers the whole web browsing thing. Update your Quicktime now.

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Fake video addon VideoC

Myantispyware team January 11, 2006 No Comment Tips

SunbeltBlog have written about VideoC before We’ve been seeing this for a while now — a file starts to play, then is interrupted with a message that the user needs to install VideoC. Of course, there is no such player called VideoC. Instead, what you get is a big, fat nasty payload of spyware. (a

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SpyBot Update 06.01.06

Myantispyware team January 9, 2006 No Comment Updates

SpyBot Definition File Update 06.01.06 Hijacker + CoolWWWSearch.Feat2Installer + CoolWWWSearch.Service + CoolWWWSearch.Feat2DLL Keylogger + Perfect Keylogger Malware + ErrorSafe + Smitfraud-C. + SpyAxe + SpyTrooper + E2Give + Pacimedia + Deskwizz + DyFuCA.InternetOptimizer + MaxSearch + ConsumerAlertSystem + BookedSpace + WinFixer2005 + Zeno PUPS + MalwareWipe Spyware + 180Solutions.SearchAssistant + 180Solutions.SearchAssistant.Boomerang + 180Solutions.MediaGatewayX Trojan +

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How to remove SpywareStrike

Myantispyware team January 8, 2006 No Comment Rogue Anti Spyware, Tips, Tutorials - HowTo

SpywareStrike is a program that displays an icon in the system tray. This icons shows a balloon, which says that your computer is infected with dangerous spyware parasites and asks the user to download and install an antispyware program, which actually is SpywareStrike. Once the user clicks on such balloon, the trojan opens the official

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New IM Worm Targets AIM Users to Deliver Adware Payload

Myantispyware team January 7, 2006 No Comment Worms

The new worm targets PC hosts infected with lockx.exe or palsp.exe and utilizes IRC enabled malware to connect the host to a server for further infection through a series of commands. One of the commands has the ability to control the AIM client on the infected host and send a message containing links to the

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More fake security sites

Myantispyware team January 7, 2006 No Comment Rogue Anti Spyware

dnserror404(dot)com todaywarnings(dot)com updatesystempage(dot)com yoursecuritysystem(dot)com Pages are advertising several anti-spyware programs, all on the Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware list. Don`t install these programs. More here and here

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