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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It’s a security scam party, and this is one party you don’t want to crash
Patrick and Adam found a bunch more of these “security scam” sites. IPs below, feel free to put these in your block lists. If your home page changed to systemwarning.com or another page (domain) from the list, try next how to. Newly found sites Mattie Muirhead Florence, AL US wm @ needupdate.com 85.255.115.174 dns404.net 85.255.115.130
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SmitRem – free tool for remove desktop hijackers
SmitRem removes big amount Desktop Hijackers. A few examples: Trojan-Spy.HTML.Smitfraud.c malware infection and it’s variants, AntivirusGold, PSGuard Spyware Remover, SpySheriff, Spy Trooper, SpyAxe, and Security Toolbar. These infections make many unwanted changes to a user’s computer. They are also difficult to remove. The effects of each of the above variants varies, in some cases infecting
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New email virus Beagle on the war path
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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How to remove (uninstall) SpyAxe
I`am read about the problem on a many board, and what i`ve found: You may want to print out or make a copy of these instructions before starting, because you will not be able to connect to the internet during most of this fix. Go to Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs
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How to use Panda Online Scanner (Panda ActiveScan)
Panda Online Scanner also known as Panda ActiveScan is a free online antivirus to combat viruses, spyware and other Internet threats. But small comment, you should register at Panda site to use disinfect function. Panda Online Scanner Features: Scans, disinfects and eliminates viruses, worms and Trojans from all system devices, hard disks, compressed files and
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Your spyware weapons: Ad-Aware vs. Spybot
Spyware infestations rank among the top problems both administrators and end users have to grapple with today. In any environment that isn’t locked down against such threats, spyware proliferates and must be removed either by hand or one of many utilities designed to clean an infected system. Because the problem is so widespread, users and
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Microsoft updated their Malicious Software Removal Tool
Microsoft updated their Malicious Software Removal Tool again this month to include variants of IRCBot, Ryknos, and F4IRootkit. For more information on this, take a look at the malware sofware removal tool website.
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Trojan masquerading as Microsoft Update
Reported in Codefish. We checked out this Trojan and it’s not very friendly. Here is what the email looks like: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039 Vulnerability in Plug and Play Could Allow Remote Code Execution and Elevation of Privilege (899588) Summary: Who should receive this document: Customers who use Microsoft Windows Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code
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Free service for scanning suspicious files
Virustotal offers a free service for scanning suspicious files using several antivirus engines. How to use Virustotal scanner. Go to VirusTotal site. On top you’ll find ‘Browse’. Click the browse button and browse to a file, that you want to check. Click Open. Then click the ‘Send’ button next to it. This will scan the
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