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Scareware
are the rogue security softwares i.e. malicious softwares pretending to be security solutions working against viruses and worms. It pranks user to feel its need to make the machine secure against some attack or virus infection and gets installed.
Ransomware
are the malwares which hold the infected machine/service/data as hostage, and demand ransom for disinfecting the hostage. ;)
COUNTERMEASURES
if you think you have been infected by such malwares, or wanna minimize the risk of getting infected beforehand... you can use security solutions like
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool : http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.aspx
Or you could get your file scanned by Kaspersky Free Online Virus Scan http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus
Showing posts with label Malware. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Malware. Show all posts
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
First Firefox Malware : Trojans Stealing Passwords Typed in Firefox using Firefox Add-on Disguise
First Firefox Malware : Trojans using Firefox Add-on Disguise
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Information On Malware
Symptoms of Infection
List of Accounts mainly under attack
What To Do If Infected
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Bitdefender released information on this threat naming it as Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A, which spawns with the execution of Firefox and poses as a Plug-in to it, mainly works on Key Banking... can get access to all your passwords entered in the Password boxes opened in Firefox Browser.
The ChromeInject suffix refers to the Chrome component Firefox has. This malware infects your machine via drive-by download or download duping.
Once installed on the machine it registers itself as a fake 'GreaseMonkey' (a great firefox add-on for website customization using javascripts), and using javascript checks your machine for mainly banking passwords of more than 100 sites (like PayPal, etc.).
All this sensitive data collected by it is then transferred online to a server supposed to be located in Russia.
So, don't stop using Greasemonkey... but make sure you download it from Mozilla.com, so that you don't fall pray to malware.
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Roll your mouse over topics to expand them... :)
Information On Malware
Symptoms of Infection
List of Accounts mainly under attack
What To Do If Infected
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Bitdefender released information on this threat naming it as Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A, which spawns with the execution of Firefox and poses as a Plug-in to it, mainly works on Key Banking... can get access to all your passwords entered in the Password boxes opened in Firefox Browser.
The ChromeInject suffix refers to the Chrome component Firefox has. This malware infects your machine via drive-by download or download duping.
Once installed on the machine it registers itself as a fake 'GreaseMonkey' (a great firefox add-on for website customization using javascripts), and using javascript checks your machine for mainly banking passwords of more than 100 sites (like PayPal, etc.).
All this sensitive data collected by it is then transferred online to a server supposed to be located in Russia.
So, don't stop using Greasemonkey... but make sure you download it from Mozilla.com, so that you don't fall pray to malware.
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