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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Email regarding Conflicker.B Infection Alert contains a trojan

admin 17/02/2010 17/02/2010Viruses Bredolab, Conflicker, trojan, virus 1

MX Lab started to intercept emails with the subject “Conflicker.B Infection Alert”. The trojan is names Win32:Bredolab-CC (Avast), Generic Dropper.lr (McAfee) or Trojan.Win32.Bredolab.Gen.2 (Sunbelt). The from address is spoofed and can contain “Microsoft Team”. The emails…

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Spam campaign from Canadian Pharmacy also contains web based threats

admin 15/02/2010 15/02/2010Malware, Spam, Viruses canadian pharmacy, HTML exploits, trojan, virus 1

MX Lab detected several email based threats in a spam campaign from Canadian Pharmacy masked as an order confirmation of Amazon. The campaign comes from the spoofed email address Customer Support <***.***@service.amazon.com> and has the…

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Twitter, Google and Hi5 being abused in Prolaco worm distribution

admin 10/02/2010 10/02/2010Viruses Malware, Prolaco, trojan, twitter, virus 2

Twitter, Google and the social networking site Hi5 are being abused in an email campaign to distribute the Prolaco worm. The campaigns have the following characteristics. Note that the email addresses are spoofed. The malware…

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"updated account agreement" email contains Bredolab trojan

admin 10/02/2010 10/02/2010Viruses Bredolab, facebook, Malware, trojan, virus 0

MX Lab started to intercept emails with the subject “updated account agreement” that contains the Bredolab trojan. The campaign is designed for Facebook users because of the content. The email comes from the spoofed email…

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Bredolab trojan on the move

admin 04/02/2010 04/02/2010Viruses Bredolab, Malware, trojan, virus 0

MX Lab noticed an increase in intercepted Bredolab trojan variants that are spread by email. The Bredolab variants are distributed by different campaigns. Do you like to find a girlfriend like me ? One campaign…

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Win a Macbook Air and get the trojan Obfuscator for free

admin 03/02/2010 03/02/2010Viruses Malware, trojan, virus 0

MX Lab intercepted emails with the subject “Congratulation!!”. The message informs you that you have won an Apple MacBook Air and for more details you will need to open the attached file. Congratulations!! You have…

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Email based update for Microsoft Outlook - Outlook Express contains trojan

admin 03/02/2010 03/02/2010Viruses Malware, trojan, virus 0

MX Lab started to intercept messages with the subject “Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721)”. These messages appear to come from the Microsoft Support department and contains instructions to install a new update…

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