The Anti Virus Software Market Is A Big Bubble - says DrWeb Anti-virus author
Igor Danilov: The Anti-Virus Software Market Is A Big Bubble .IT security is one of the most dynamic segments of the IT market, with anti-virussoftware traditionally featuring at the top of the list of the market players. Manyhabitually think that the worldwide web is teeming with viruses against which apowerful shield is needed. Meanwhile, Igor Danilov, the developer of...
Dr Web releases decoding utility for new Trojan
Virus monitoring service of Doctor Web, Ltd. informs all userson new modification of Trojan. Encoder detected by Dr.Web Anti-virus asTrojan.Encoder.6. Several variants of this Trojan program are detected at present. Different fromprevious versions, the Trojan s author uses much longer encryption keys of 260 bits,which makes the process of decoding much more difficult. All versions...
Trojan steals usernames and passwords from online gamers
lineGames.dr comes into computers via offers and help notesposted by crooks in game forums or by exploiting browser vulnerabilities. Written inDelphi language, OnlineGames.dr injects its DLL component into running processesand places an autorun.inf file in the root of each drive to ensure that it getsactivated every time a drive is opened.Once active, it snoops on user...
Safe n Sec blocks trojan attacking bank in Netherlands
Last week Kaspersky Lab. detected first bank trojanTrojan-PSW.Win32.Agent. ew developed for bank info theft. Safe n Sec proactive PCprotection developers analyzed trojan s behavior and made an expert decision Safe n Sec blocks trojan s malicious actions.In particular Trojan-PSW.Win32.Agent.ew...
Trojan Takes Files to Hostage, Asks for Ransom!
Ransomware is often a Trojan that steals files, encrypts themand then asks for a ransom in return of a password that lets you regain access tothose files. MayArchive is a bit different in that sense as it does not encryptfiles but strings them together and archives them in a file by the name EncryptedFiles.als . Then it deletes all the original files and creates a text...
DrWEB Anti-virus for Windows FREE Anti-spam
or Web, Ltd. announces a special offer for users of Dr.WEBAnti-virus for Windows. January 15, 2007 a beta version of Dr.WEB anti-spam wasreleased. Its official release is planned for the end of February. Upon the releasedate the spam filtering function will be FREE for those who purchase and activate aDr.WEB Anti-virus for Windows license between February 5 and February 28, 2007. Our new spam...