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06-14-2011, 07:39 PM | #1 |
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Warning: Urgent Microsoft update may be Firefox malware
Warning: Urgent Microsoft update may be Firefox malware
A phony anti-virus scam is presenting itself as a near-perfect Microsoft update popup with one notable exception - it appears only on machines using Firefox browsers. According to the Sophos Naked Security blog machines infected in drive-by downloads from compromised sites receive the scareware that appears as urgent update notifications. The clue that the updates are phony is that they appear only when the affected computer uses Firefox. Legitimate updates come via Internet Explorer, Sophos says. Victims click to receive the urgent updates and their computers are infected with malware that seizes up the machines. A persistent popup says the infection can be cleaned up by buying anti-virus software - a phony product sold by the criminals behind the phony Microsoft update notification. Sophos recommends accepting updates only from vendors from whom users have requested updates http://www.networkworld.com/news/201...x-malware.html
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06-28-2011, 09:17 AM | #2 |
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Doz I found some info that I felt would help others.
Rootkit infection requires Windows reinstall, says Microsoft http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...?taxonomyId=85 Computerworld - Microsoft is telling Windows users that they'll have to reinstall the operating system if they get infected with a new rootkit that hides in the machine's boot sector. A new variant of a Trojan Microsoft calls "Popureb" digs so deeply into the system that the only way to eradicate it is to return Windows to its out-of-the-box configuration, Chun Feng, an engineer with the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC), said last week on the group's blog. "If your system does get infected with Trojan:Win32/Popureb.E, we advise you to fix the MBR and then use a recovery CD to restore your system to a pre-infected state," said Feng. Last edited by Techman; 06-28-2011 at 09:19 AM. |
06-28-2011, 08:56 PM | #3 |
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