Published in July 14th, 2009
W32.Topion.B is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft WIndows operating system. The worm spreads by copying itself to all removable drives on infected computers. Once a computer is infected with the worm it will copy itself to “Explorer.exe”. The worm also creates various registry keys to run the program at startup. It can [...]
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Published in July 9th, 2009
Dozer is either a trojan or worm that is affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This trojan can download further malware to infected computers. It will also copy various files as well as creating and altering registry keys. This trojan most commonly infects computers via an email attachment. So always be very [...]
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Published in July 7th, 2009
The Downloader.Fostrem trojan is currently affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This trojan makes use of an exploit in Windows to download harmful malware to the infected computer. If your system is compromised with this downloader, it will attempt to download a backdoor program that can potentially affect PC security. Further malware [...]
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Published in June 30th, 2009
Slegon is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating systems. This worm is very similar to most others in that it spreads by copying itself to removable drives on the infected computer. On infected computers, the worm will create a file in the system folder called “logon.exe”. The worm will also create [...]
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Published in June 23rd, 2009
Troresba is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. Like most modern worms, Troresba spreads by copying itself to removable drives and can also spread via network shares and folders. Once a computer is infected, the worm will copy itself to numerous files as well as creating some new files, it [...]
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Published in June 18th, 2009
Fujacks.CA is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This worm infects various files and spreads by copying itself to any available network shares. The worm will copy itself to infected computers as the following file: “TXP1atform.exe”. It will also create various .ini files. The worm will then create registry entries [...]
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Published in June 17th, 2009
The Amoevae trojan is affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This trojan exploits certain vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. The affected vulnerabilities include: DirectX and Quicktime. The trojan may crash your Internet Explorer or Windows Media Player. It also has the ability to download a file to your computer. Downloaded files can include [...]
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Published in June 11th, 2009
The Iflar trojan is currently affecting most versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This trojan is used to send spam from infected computers as well as harvesting new email addresses. The trojan copies itself to the “winlogon.exe” file, as well as creating various registry entries to start the program at boot time. The trojan [...]
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Published in June 5th, 2009
W32.Mibling is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This worm can spread via instant messaging software. Once a computer is infected, it has the ability to open a back door, to download further malware or for stealing of data. This worm copies itself as various files related to Microsoft Word. [...]
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Published in June 3rd, 2009
Neeris.C is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This worm spreads via an exploit in the Windows RPC. For this reason it is very important that you always run critical Windows updates. Most of these issues are addressed quite quickly. Machines not updated will be exposed to this and other [...]
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