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.

Protect your privacy with new targets for October 2009 (0149.0047-0149.0070)

by Albin on October 13th, 2009 in Definition File Updates.

Newly created families for October (0149.0047-0149.0070)


ADWARE

Adware is a type of advertising display software that delivers advertising content potentially in a manner or context that may be unexpected and unwanted by users. Many adware applications also perform tracking functions, and therefore may also be categorized as tracking technologies. Some consumers may want to remove adware if they object to such tracking, do not wish to see the advertising caused by the program, or are frustrated by its effects on system performance.

0149.0070 is now available, new definition file for Ad-Aware.

by Albin on October 13th, 2009 in Definition File Updates.

0149.0070 is now available, new definition file for Ad-Aware.

0149.0069 is now available, new definition file for Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition.

by Albin on October 12th, 2009 in Definition File Updates.

0149.0069 is now available, new definition file for Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition.

0149.0048 is now available, new definition file for Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition.

by Albin on September 11th, 2009 in Definition File Updates.

0149.0048 is now available, new definition file for Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition.

Protect your privacy with new targets for September 2009 (0149.0024-0149.0047)

by Albin on September 10th, 2009 in Definition File Updates.

Newly created families for September (0149.0024-0149.0047)


ADWARE

Adware is a type of advertising display software that delivers advertising content potentially in a manner or context that may be unexpected and unwanted by users.
Many adware applications also perform tracking functions, and therefore may also be categorized as tracking technologies. Some consumers may want to remove adware if they object to such tracking, do not wish to see the advertising caused by the program, or are frustrated by its effects on system performance.

Win32.Adware.007Guard

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