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November 2009 - Posts

A Peek at MSRT November Threat Reports

Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:05 PM by mmpc
By continuing to include new variants of the existing threat families, the MSRT has removed malware from more than 1.5 million machines three days after its release on 10 November. This month we’ve also added Win32/FakeVimes and Win32/PrivacyCenter to Read More...
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What's Another 32-bits to Malware?

Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 12:00 PM by mmpc
The migration of PC computing from 32-bit to 64-bit is in full swing at last, and if you’ve been confused as to what it all means, you’re not alone. PCs built for years now have been capable of running both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems, but for Read More...
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Plays Well With Others

Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:00 PM by mmpc
Just over a week ago the Microsoft Malware Protection Center released the seventh edition of our Security Intelligence Report covering the first half of 2009. Like all of our previous reports we have distilled information and insight from the wide array Read More...
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Rogues FakeVimes and PrivacyCenter added to MSRT

Posted Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:10 AM by mmpc
This month we’ve added two more rogue families to the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) – Win32/FakeVimes and Win32/PrivacyCenter . Both have been around since early 2009, but have become more prevalent in the last few months. Win32/FakeVimes has Read More...
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Greetings from Tokyo…

Posted Thursday, November 05, 2009 5:40 PM by mmpc
This year at the PacSec conference, I will present a Microsoft view of the threat landscape during the first six months in 2009. It will be based on telemetry data published in the latest Security Intelligence Report (SIR) published on Nov 2nd, 2009. Read More...
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The Low-Down on Daonol

Posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 5:00 PM by mmpc
A relatively new trojan has been making the rounds and causing some problems, particularly on Windows XP systems. Trojan:Win32/Daonol is malware which hooks various system calls in order to steal credential information and redirect some Web traffic. It Read More...
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Security Intelligence Report v7 is Now Available

Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 7:00 AM by mmpc
Twice a year we put together a report detailing trends that we see which are threat related in the computer security environment. Today we have released our seventh report which you can find at www.microsoft.com/sir . I’m very excited about this report. Read More...
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