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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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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 fake security site – securitycaution.com

Myantispyware team January 6, 2006 4 Comments Tips

A new fake security site is starting to show up on anti-spyware help forums Everytime I go inot Internet Explorer it goes to a site called http://www.securitycaution.com/ and says the following: Attention! Your system is under control of remote computer with IP address 227.4.167.118. The remote computer has access to the following folders on your

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New rogue anti-spyware – SpywareStrike

Myantispyware team January 6, 2006 No Comment Rogue Anti Spyware, Tips

It is downloaded with spyware just like its twin SpyAxe. The SpywareStrike website is identical to the SpyAxe site except for the name. The domain registration information looks familiar, too. Domain Name: SPYWARESTRIKE.COM Registrant: Keramitsu LLC David Alan Taylor 321th Melburn Street Seattle Washington,98107 US Tel. +207.9545521 Like the SpyAxe.com registration information, this looks bogus.

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Microsoft WMF patch available for download

Myantispyware team January 5, 2006 No Comment Critical patch, Tips

Many of you already know this if you receive advance notification from Microsoft. For everybody else, see their announcement about an early release of the WMF patch. The patch and details about it are available here. If you have installed any of the earlier patches or workarounds, here is our recommendation for updating: 1. Reboot

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How to remove the Aurora, Nail.exe, Epolvy Hijackers

Myantispyware team January 5, 2006 No Comment Browser Hijacking, Malware removal, Tips, Tutorials - HowTo

Nail.exe is a is a hijacker which means it will intermittently change your Internet Explorer settings / Desktop to the link of it’s author’s sponsors. This program is usually installed through consent, however is sometimes packaged as another product. Aurora.exe is an advertising program by Aurora. This process monitors your browsing habits and distributes the

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New version of unofficial WMF patch

Myantispyware team January 2, 2006 No Comment Critical patch, Tips

An unofficial patch for block WMF expoit was made available by Ilfak Guilfanov the main developer of IDA Pro from DataRescue Download from Suns now: wmffix_hexblog13.exe. List of changes from version 1.1 from Ilfak Guilfanov at Hex Blog: Version 1.2: if the hotfix has already been applied to the system, informs the user at the

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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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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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