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Mass Hack Attack

Really cool video at the McAfee's Avert Labs blog site about the latest mass hack attack at phpBB web sites. See how it looks like from an end user's perspective: Mass Hack Attack . Source: McAfee Avert Labs Blog .

Published Fri, Mar 03 2008 9:31 AM by jubo

Filed under: McAfee Security, Latest Virus Threats, News

Email with subject: "Israel Just Have Started World War III"

Late last night I found a strange email in my email Inbox; from a person I didn't know. It even had an attachment called: "News.exe". I could even save it to my hard drive without any antivirus program jumping up. Decided to submit it to McAfee's Avert...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2007 6:08 PM by jubo

Filed under: Latest Virus Threats

McAfee added detection for fake IE7

McAfee has added detection for the fake IE7 email. See their writeup: W32/Grum . You need at least DAT version 4996. So check if your version of McAfee is up-to-date. For Symantec see: W32.Grum.A

Published Sat, Mar 03 2007 8:30 AM by jubo

Filed under: Latest Virus Threats

Beware of fake IE7 Beta email

There's a email out there, which says that it is coming from admin@microsoft with an attachment called: "IE7.0.exe". The subject of this email is: "Internet Explorer 7 Downloads" and it shows you an image of an IE7 Beta 2 download. Do NOT click on this...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2007 2:35 PM by jubo

Filed under: Latest Virus Threats

BootMerlin virus

This is a virus written in MS VisualBasic that modifies the C:\Boot.ini file to display a Spanish message at boot time: Upon execution, it can also be displaying a Wizard animation "speaking" in the Spanish language: W32/BootMerlin can make copies of...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2007 10:09 PM by jubo

Filed under: Latest Virus Threats

Be aware for Valentine Day's e-greetings emails!

If you receive emails with variable subjects such as: " Together You and I , Everyone Needs Someone or Cyber Love , then delete them immediately. They're ususally sent by a female using different names. The attached file that contains the worm is an executable...

Published Sat, Feb 02 2007 6:18 PM by jubo

Filed under: Latest Virus Threats

Critical 0-Day Internet Explorer Exploit Discovered In The Wild

A lot of web sites are already talking about it. There's a critical 0-day exploit discovered in the wild for Internet Explorer. According to the Microsoft TechNet web site, it's a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows implementation of Vector...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2006 12:14 PM by jubo

Filed under: Latest Virus Threats

Microsoft word document spam

McAfee Avert Labs has recently seen spammers start to use Microsoft Word documents and HTML attachments to deliver their advertising payload. By moving the advertising content, most importantly the URL link, into an attached document rather than the body...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2006 9:10 PM by jubo

Filed under: Latest Virus Threats

Santa IM Worm Installs Rootkit Payload

A new Christmas-themed worm attack is underway, delivering an offensive rootkit payload over the AOL, MSN, Windows Messenger, ICQ and Yahoo instant messaging networks. The worm, identified as IM.GiftCom.All, was discovered by researchers at IMLogic Inc...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2005 10:09 AM by jubo

Filed under: Latest Virus Threats

Latest Virus Threat: Zafi.D

Zafi.D Aliases: Email-Worm.Win32.Zafi.d Nocard.A@mm W32.Erkez.D@mm W32/Zafi-D W32/Zafi.D.worm W32/Zafi.d@MM Win32.Zafi.D Win32.Zafi.D!ZIP Win32/Zafi.D.Worm WORM_ZAFI.D Zafi.D F-SECURE Zafi.D Description: A new variant of Zafi worm - Zafi.D is spreading...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2004 10:54 AM by jubo

Filed under: Latest Virus Threats

MyDoom seeks to destroy antivirus firms

Antivirus companies are perplexed by a spate of recent viruses that contain messages in which the writers threaten to attack them. Worm writers are threatening to attack antivirus companies F-Secure, Symantec, Trend Micro and McAfee. In the latest version...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2004 11:55 AM by jubo

Filed under: Latest Virus Threats

W32/Zafi.b@MM

W32/Zafi.b@MM (McAfee/NAI) Virus Characteristics: This is a mass-mailing worm that constructs messages using its own SMTP engine, spoofing the From: address. It also attempts to propagate via P2P, via copying itself to folders on the local system (containing...

Published Sat, Jun 06 2004 1:56 PM by jubo

Filed under: Latest Virus Threats

The Korgo Family

W32.Korgo is a worm that spreads via the Internet by exploiting the LSASS vulnerability, as described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011 , in remote computers. This vulnerability is critical for Windows XP/2000 operating systems that are not properly...

Published Mon, May 05 2004 3:31 PM by jubo

Filed under: Latest Virus Threats

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Mass Hack Attack

Email with subject: "Israel Just Have Started World War III"

McAfee added detection for fake IE7

Beware of fake IE7 Beta email

BootMerlin virus

Be aware for Valentine Day's e-greetings emails!

Critical 0-Day Internet Explorer Exploit Discovered In The Wild

Microsoft word document spam

Santa IM Worm Installs Rootkit Payload

Latest Virus Threat: Zafi.D

MyDoom seeks to destroy antivirus firms

W32/Zafi.b@MM

The Korgo Family