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CARBERP Trojan Steals Information

admin — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:10:17 +0000

With ZeuS currently drawing the industry’s attention in recent days, a new spyware silently but successfully entered the cybercrime scene. CARBERP, as indicated in initial reports, is a new Trojan family that might have been created to challenge the already dominant ZeuS. TROJ_CARBERP.A uses an ingenious technique to avoid detection. This malware deliberately drops [...]

Ad-Aware Internet Security Pro

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:07:13 +0000

Ad-Aware Internet Security Pro ($30, 30-day free trial), designed for businesses, resides at the upper end of Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware product line. What began as anti-spyware has grown into a sizable suite that includes comprehensive malware protection–including antivirus, network protection, and rootkit removal. Lavasoft also offers a free version of the software, called Ad-Aware Internet [...]

Ad-Aware Total Security

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:07:24 +0000

Ad-Aware Total Security ($50, 30-day free trial), the newest addition to the Lavasoft line of security software, is an all-in-one suite that builds on the longtime anti-spyware favorite Ad-Aware. It adds anti-virus, rootkit detection, a personal firewall, spam protection, parental control software and more. It’s essentially the same software as Ad-Aware Internet Security Free [...]

Mac Sniffer Monitors IM Chats and RTMP Data Packets

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:06:42 +0000

TrendLabsSM engineers Alvin Bacani and Jayson Pryde recently analyzed a new spyware (detected by Trend Micro as OSX_OPINIONSPY.A) that came bundled with screensavers, according to Intego, in sites that host free applications and software updates like MacUpdate, Softpedia, and VersionTracker. Interestingly, the same spyware was also found in the Apple Downloads site. Users browsing the [...]

Mac Sniffer Monitors IM Chats and RMTP Data Packets

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:06:53 +0000

TrendLabsSM engineers Alvin Bacani and Jayson Pryde recently analyzed a new spyware (detected by Trend Micro as OSX_OPINIONSPY.A) that came bundled with screensavers, according to Intego, in sites that host free applications and software updates like MacUpdate, Softpedia, and VersionTracker. Interestingly, the same malware was also found in the Apple Downloads site. Users browsing the [...]

Malware Watch: Free Mac OS X screensavers bundled with spyware

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:06:14 +0000

Researchers from Intego have discovered the OSX/OpinionSpy spyware in 29 free Mac OS X screensavers currently online at 7art-screensavers(dot)com. Upon execution it sends data about files it has scanned locally, and also sends e-mail addresses, iChat message headers and URLs, as well as other data.

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Keeping an Eye on the EYEBOT and a Possible Bot War

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:02:54 +0000

There is a new bot in town and it seems that it has set out to rival the notorious ZBOT botnet. Trend Micro threat researchers recently came across a new spyware detected as TSPY_EYEBOT.A. Certain EYEBOT behaviors cause us to believe that this could lead to a new bot war similar to the worm wars we saw [...]

Trend Micro Antivirus + Antispyware

admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:11:51 +0000

Trend Micro Antivirus + Antispyware ($40 for a one-year, single-PC license as of 11/17/2009) came in last in our roundup of stand-alone antivirus software, weighed down by comparatively poor malware detection, slow scan speed, and a seriously misguided habit of hiding what it does from the user.

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Spyware Doctor With Antivirus: First Look

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:11:07 +0000

Shortly after we completed our current antivirus roundup, PC Tools released Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 2010 ($40 for a one-year, three-PC license), the latest version of its paid antivirus tool. Though it came out too late for us to include in our malware detection testing, we were able to take the program for a quick [...]

Facebook password-reset spam is Bredolab botnet attack

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:10:23 +0000

October 27th, 2009 Posted by Ryan Naraine @ 8:27 amCategories:Anti Virus, Arbitrary Code Execution, Botnets, Browsers, Data theft, Denial of Service (DoS), Facebook, Locally Running Web Servers, Malware, Microsoft, Passwords, Phishing, Social Networking Applications, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Viruses and WormsTags:Facebook, Spam, Attack, Virus Hunter, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Identity Theft, Security, Viruses And Worms, [...]