CamFrog Scam

by Albin on November 11th, 2009 in Security Alert.

One of the most popular applications for cam sessions (CamFrog) is now being abused for distribution of malicious software. The site, below, will appear if the victim visits camsjungle.XXX. The domain is more or less a clone of the real site, camfrog.com

New Trojan Redirects to a Fake Media Codec Site

by Albin on November 6th, 2009 in Security Alert.

There's a new Trojan out there that will cause annoying pop-ups and change the desktop background to entice victims to purchase their services.  The new desktop background will appear like this:

New Rogue: BlockProtector

by Albin on November 5th, 2009 in Security Alert.

The makers behind the Winiguard family never give up. They almost release a new clone application on a daily basis, and this time the rogue is named BlockProtector.

Albin

Lavasoft Malware Labs

 

New Wave of Fake MSN E-mails

by Albin on October 28th, 2009 in Security Alert, Security Tips.

A new wave of scam e-mails are now hitting victims around the globe. They usually appear to come from trusted friends and look like this:

New Rogues: SoftStronghold and ShieldSafeness

by Albin on October 26th, 2009 in Rogues.

Two new rogue applications from the Winiguard family have been released. The people behind these fraud tools constantly change the names of their applications and move them to new servers.

New Rogue: Green AV

by Albin on August 24th, 2009 in Rogues.

Lavasoft Malware Labs has spotted a new rogue application called Green AV. It will give exaggerated threat reports on the compromised computer, then ask the user to purchase a registered version to remove threats which don’t exist.

 

MSN Worm Distributes Malicious Links, Redirects Users to Phishing Site

by Albin on August 21st, 2009 in Security Alert.

I believe that every person who has used IM-clients for a while is familiar with messages like the one shown below. These messages are auto-generated by worms which harvest people's address book/contact list.

Koobface Still Causing Problems for Facebook Users

by Albin on August 19th, 2009 in Security Alert.

The KoobFace worm is still causing troubles in the wild. The picture below shows a malicious link which spreads through popular social networks. The link is sent from a trustworthy source (friends) inside the social network. A majority of users will most likely check it out.

New Rogue: PCAntispyware2010

by Albin on August 3rd, 2009 in Rogues.

A clone of HomeAntivirus2010 has now been released. This time, the fraud tool is named PCAntispyware2010.

As usual, keep an eye out for rogues like this one!

New Rogues: WindowsAntivirusPro & AVCare

by Albin on July 27th, 2009 in Rogues, Security Alert.

Two new rogue security applications have been released:

WindowsAntivirusPro

The Implications of an Infection

by Albin on June 18th, 2009 in Researcher Comments.

The” average Joe” probably sees the word "virus" as a generic term for all current threats out there in the wild. The reality is much different. There are a lot of categories which must be mentioned in this context.  The word "virus" should not be used as a catchall term for malicious infections. A virus is actually a malicious file which has the ability to infect/add malicious code to other files; we currently see a downward trend of this type of infections.

New Rogue! XP Deluxe Protector

by Albin on June 9th, 2009 in Rogues.

XP Deluxe Protector is a new rogue application. It will show false scanning results to entice users to purchase their software.

© 2009 Lavasoft. All rights reserved.