Archive for September, 2009

AlphaAntivirus is rogue antivirus software, or phony antivirus software that is made to look like a legitimate antivirus program. If Alpha Antivirus has infected your computer it is most likely reeking havoc on your daily computing life.Alpha Antivirus... »

Windows PC Defender is rogue antispyware, or in other words, a complete scam. If this parasite is on your PC, you should remove it immediately.VIPRE can remove Windows PC Defender from infected PC's. Click here to download a free 30-day trial of VIPR... »

A banking Trojan named URLZone (Finjan) exploits a hole in the major browsers on Windows machines to show victims a fake balance on their banking web site as it steals cash and sends it to the account of a money mule, according to Finjan researchers.Vi... »

Patrick Jordan found this one today:The rogue Alpha AntiVirus page used to hijack a browser copies the Firefox warning screen:Looks like the Firefox warning page (in Internet Explorer), but with a difference. Clicking leads to this:Which goes to the pa... »

Researchers in the Sunbelt Manila office have reported that the entire staff has been accounted for and flood waters are receding. Half the staff members are in their homes and unable to reach the office. The Sunbelt facility is on the 17th floor and h... »

McAfee Avert Labs is advertising its Focus ’09 conference next month in Washington, D.C.. We find one of the 13 sessions offered on the agenda disturbing:Avert Labs — Malware ExperienceJoin experts from McAfee Avert Labs and have a chance to create... »

I’ve hemmed and hawed about saying anything about Microsoft Security Essentials. However, I’m getting requests as to my position on the issue.Generally, my feelings on MSE are as follows:It is not a Microsoft conspiracy to take over the world, etc... »

Don’t go there: The Zeus Trojan is being spread through a major spam campaign under the guise of a notice from the IRS. Spam emails contain a subject line of "Notice of Underreported Income."If users follow a link in the spam or open an attachment t... »

Here at the Sunbelt headquarters in Tampa Bay, Florida, we've had limited contact with the staff in our research office in Manila, Philippines, about the flooding situation there from Tropical Storm Ondoy (also called Ketsana).Our Manila office is in a... »

SecuritySoldier is the latest phony antispyware in what seems like an endless list of clone rogue programs. You may notice, of the last 8 rogues posted on this blog, 6 of them all look the same, and here is yet another.If your PC is infected with Secu... »