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Top tips to keep that new computer spyware free

Myantispyware team December 30, 2005 No Comment Tips

Suzi Turner posted good tips, i also have added some… New machine is booted up the first time and ready to go. It’s on the net. In this order, here’s what to do. 1. Update Windows immediately. In the Windows Security Center in the Control Panel turn on automatic download and installation for updates. Unless

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Trojan targets Spanish-speaking bank customers

Myantispyware team December 30, 2005 No Comment Trojan

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

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More info about WMF Exploit

Myantispyware team December 29, 2005 No Comment Exploits & Vulnerabilities

The exploit is currently being used to distribute the following threats: Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.abs Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Small.zp Trojan.Win32.Small.ga Trojan.Win32.Small.ev. Some of these install rogue anti-malware programs. You might want to block these sites while waiting for a Microsoft patch: Crackz [dot] ws unionseek [dot] com www.tfcco [dot] com Iframeurl [dot] biz beehappyy [dot] biz toolbarbiz[dot]biz toolbarsite[dot]biz toolbartraff[dot]biz toolbarurl[dot]biz buytoolbar[dot]biz

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How to block WMF exploit

Myantispyware team December 29, 2005 No Comment Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Tips, Tutorials - HowTo

For this WMF exploit: Until Microsoft patches this thing or your AV provider has updated defs, here are some tips 1. Unregister SHIMGVW.DLL. This is your best workaround for the time being (realizing that nothing is perfect). From the command prompt, type REGSVR32 /U SHIMGVW.DLL. A reboot is recommended. (It works post reboot as well.

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New exploit blows by fully patched Windows XP systems

Myantispyware team December 28, 2005 No Comment Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Trojan

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

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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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EULAlyzer – Analyze license agreements for interesting words and phrases.

Myantispyware team December 27, 2005 1 Comment Free Software, Tips

Do not buy or download any anti-spyware software without checking this list first. Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites — About 241 programs are listed as of December 2005. At best, these rogue programs are useless; at worst, they install spyware instead of removing it! Use EULAlyzer to check an “end user license agreement” (EULA)

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How to remove Winhound

Myantispyware team December 26, 2005 No Comment Malware removal, Rogue Anti Spyware, Tips, Tutorials - HowTo

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

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The Adblock project

Myantispyware team December 23, 2005 No Comment Tips

Adblock is a content filtering plug-in for the Mozilla and Firebird browsers. It is both more robust and more precise than the built-in image blocker. Adblock allows the user to specify filters, which remove unwanted content based on the source-address. If this sounds complicated, don’t worry: it’s not. Just add a few filters. Every time

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Santa Claus leaves you a Trojan for Christmas

Myantispyware team December 23, 2005 No Comment Trojan

– 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

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