A new wave of spammed messages posing as mail service notifications targeted antivirus companies, including Trend Micro. These messages ask the receivers to update their mailbox settings by opening and executing the attachment.
The two samples above TrendLabs obtained were sent to domains that belonged to Trend Micro. The file attachment does not contain any mailbox [...]
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Spammers Target Antivirus Companies
The VirusTotal.com Web site offers a free but invaluable security service. It will scan any Web download, e-mail attachment or other file you send it with 40-odd different antivirus scanners to let you know whether it’s safe for your computer. The free VirusTotal Uploader utility makes sending a file to the site a breeze by adding a new right-click option for any file.
You can’t depend on just one program to protect you from rootkits, Trojans, viruses, worms, and other malicious code. The job is too important and the villains too numerous for that. So supplement your regular antivirus program (the one you keep running in the background at all times) with an extra malware scanner, such as Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware Free.
The Internet has grown to become a massive venue for information exchange that everything a user encounters on the Web may potentially be treacherous, including supposed antivirus software. Trend Micro Threat Encyclopedia has, so far, over 2,000 entries related to FAKEAV.
Many naive users still fall for the age-old ruse that rogue antivirus peddlers use—scareware tactics—to [...]
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Much Ado About FAKEAV
We have recently received queries from customers about the official exclusion list recommendations from Microsoft. It seems that they have published a Knowledge Base entry that lists down recommendations to improve performance in Windows when running antivirus scanners.
This list recommends customers to exclude certain extensions and folders from antivirus scanning. Now, although it actually makes [...]
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Microsoft Virus Scanning Recommendations Bring Risks
