wmupdate.exe has been identified as a threat. It is added by a Trojan detected as Troj/Agent-GGJ, however, other Trojans may use the same file name as well. The malicious file is usually located in %WinDir% and %Temp% folders. wmupdate.exe may download additional malicious code from the internet, including rogue programs and spyware. If your computer is infected with this Trojan, you should immediately run an anti-malware program. If you need help removing this Trojan from your computer, please leave a comment below. This is a harmful program....
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
"Achtung!!! Ein Vorgang illegaler Aktivitaten wurde erkannt. Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft" is a part of ransomware warning message that locks the affected user's computer screen and makes a demand for payment of 150 Swiss francs (about $160). Why? Well, it seems that your were watching or sharing illegal adult content and sending spam, in other words, you had been committing a crime. The Federal Department of Justice and Police has gather the...
Saturday, 26 November 2011
"Las operaciones sobre las actividades ilegales se detectaron en el ordenador", this is the sentence the Spanish ransomware begins. It's a slightly modified variant of the previous Trojan called "La policía ESPAÑOLA". The behavior and false accusations of sending spam and watching/sharing illegal adult videos remain unchanged. The trojan hijacks your computer and demands ransom payment for further instructions on how to unlock the system. You need...
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Cloud AV 2012 is a rogue antivirus program that claims to find malicious software on your computer. The rogue program disables certain Windows utilities and blocks genuine security products. It launches itself every time your PC is turned on and pretends to scan the system for malware. It is worth mentioning, however, that this fake AV reports exactly the same infections on different computers: Trojan.JBS.Ghost, Trojan-Downloader.JS.Remora, Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.ih...
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Expandsearchanswers.com is a generic search website/browser hijacker that may redirect you to entirely irrelevant and very often just random websites that have unrelated stuff when you search something in Google and click one of the results. The website itself is not malicious. As far as we know expandsearchanswers.com has not hosted malicious software over the past three months either. It might be difficult to find the culprit, besides, if you keep...
"Files indexation process failed" is a legitimate looking warning that advertises rogue system defragmentation utilities. System Fix, System Restore and Data Recovery just to name few. It pops up upon start up followed by misleading cascade messages and empty start menu. If you've never been hit by a virus and fake system alerts then you might think it's a genuine notification because it looks like a real thing. Hidden files and shortcuts combined...
Friday, 18 November 2011
POLITIE, Onwettige activiteiten gedetecteerd!!! is a typical ransomware attack when a piece of malicious code hijacks your desktop and displays fake warning from the Police of Netherlands. The attacker keeps your Desktop locked unless you agree to pay a ransom, in this case it's 100 Euro ($135). This is a great example of a pure psychological terror.The fake warning states that your computer was locked down because you were watching or distributing...
Thursday, 17 November 2011
AV Protection 2011 is a form of malware that tries to trick users into paying for the program to remove fictitious virus threats. Internet users face the challenge of distinguishing between legitimate and malicious software. Besides, fake anti-virus programs display truly convincing but unfortunately fraudulent security alerts in order to make you think that your computer is infected with spyware, keyloggers, trojans and other dangerous stuff. Such...
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
System Fix is a type of malware commonly known as rogueware that attempts to steal money from victims by luring them into paying to fix nonexistent system errors and threats. If you think that it does have some rudimentary PC repair software functionality then you are wrong. With such a generic name and Microsoft trademarks, System Fix tries to pass off as a legitimate computer repair program. However, it's nothing more but a scam. Rogue programs...
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Today we found two websites, webplayersearch.com and search.webplayer.tv, that utilize fake web player to change default Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox start pages and search bars of an unsuspecting users to increase traffic to given websites. When run, the fake web player installs applications called Complitly, zap and Web Player tool and then offers to install the following adware/potentially unwanted programs on your compurter: Xvid codec...
AV Security 2012 is a rogue anti-virus program that displays fraudulent security alerts in attempt to dupe you into paying for a full version of the program. Rogue AV is evolved into the general term "malware". It is relatively easy to clean up if the extras don't come along for the ride. Infection methods are truly common: social engineering, drive-by-download attacks, websites designed to install rogue AVs, and botnets. The most easiest way to...
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