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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Emails with 30-day trials of McAfee VirusScan Plus contains trojan

admin 28/07/2010 28/07/2010Viruses Malware, McAfee, McAfee VirusScan Plus, trojan, virus, VirusScan 2

MX Lab intercepted emails with the subject “McAfee VirusScan Plus” that contains a virus. The from address is in the format “xxx.be Member Services” <[email protected]> but the real SMTP from address comes primary from the…

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Emails offering PDF Reader 2010 lead to unsecure payment site

admin 27/07/2010 27/07/2010Email security, Various Adobe PDF, PDF, PDF Reader 2010 7

MX Lab intercepted some emails with the subject “Upgrade New PDF Acrobat Reader/Writer For Windows And Mac” from the email address “Adobe <[email protected]>”. Notice the use of Adobe in the email. In the email, an…

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Amazon orders and email confirmation leads to PDF malware

admin 23/07/2010 23/07/2010Viruses Amazon, Malware, PDF malware 0

Since last week, MX Lab intercepts emails with requests to confirm your email address or orders processed by Amazon. This campaign has been received in quite large quantities and we have been investigating what they…

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Adobe Flash malware in what appears as phishing emails

admin 23/07/2010 23/07/2010Viruses Malware, trojan, virus 0

MX Lab intercepted some emails that appear to be genuine phishing emails but when investigating the included URLs further, they are in fact an attempt to install malware on a computer in the form of…

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Oficla trojan in emails with subject "Scan from a Xerox WorkCentre Pro"

admin 17/07/2010 17/07/2010Viruses Malware, Oficla trojan, trojan, virus, Xerox, Xerox WorkCentre 1

MX Lab intercepted some emails with the subject “Scan from a Xerox WorkCentre Pro N 6204257” that contains the latest Oficla trojan variant. The emails are sent from a spoofed email address and contains a…

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Flickr welcome message leads to Canadian Pharmacy web site

admin 06/07/2010 06/07/2010Spam Canadian Neighbor Pharmacy, canadian pharmacy, Flickr 0

Various brands have been subject to spam campaigns and today Flickr, the photo sharing web site, is now also being abused by spammers. MX Lab started to intercept messages with the subject “[Flickr] Welcome!”, send…

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