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August 2009 - Posts

MSRT August Top Detection Reports

Posted Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:20 PM by mmpc
This month the MMPC added a new threat family, Win32/FakeRean , to the MSRT. You can refer to Hamish’s blog post, “ Win32/FakeRean and MSRT ” for more details on this fake, or rogue, security software. As of August 24, the MSRT had cleaned FakeRean from Read More...
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Winwebsec on YouTube

Posted Thursday, August 20, 2009 9:10 PM by mmpc
In a previous blog, you may have read about rogues using a fake YouTube page to entice users into downloading and installing a rogue security trojan. We are now showing you the ‘real deal’. We discovered a page (there are probably more) within the real Read More...
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Win32/FakeRean and MSRT

Posted Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:02 PM by mmpc
This month we added another rogue to the MSRT family list - Win32/FakeRean . Win32/FakeRean is generally very similar to Win32/InternetAntivirus and Win32/FakeXPA , which we continue to see in large numbers each month. Following the fashion, Win32/FakeRean Read More...
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Password Stealers are Top Threats in China and Brazil

Posted Monday, August 10, 2009 5:00 PM by mmpc
On July 14, the MMPC added another fake security software program (rogue), Win32/FakeSpyPro, to the MSRT release. As of July 29, MSRT removal of FakeSpyPro had been reported from 187,258 machines worldwide. Rogues continue to be disruptive worldwide. Read More...
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