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Rogue AV Tactics Continue to Threaten
by Macky Cruz (Technical Communications)
October has just begun and Trend Micro threat researchers keep seeing more and more — slightly different, but yet increasingly more annoying — variations to the set of rogue AV infection signals we have been documenting on this blog.
http://blog.trendmicro.com/rogue-av-tactic...nue-to-threatenby Macky Cruz (Technical Communications)
October has just begun and Trend Micro threat researchers keep seeing more and more — slightly different, but yet increasingly more annoying — variations to the set of rogue AV infection signals we have been documenting on this blog.
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Malware Close Encounters - Close Pop-ups using Task Manager to safely exit
The AntiVirus 2009 attacks are particularly troublesome as they can download and install silently on a PC by just visiting a website. However, the payload still requires a mouse click when the Antivirus pop-up suddenly appears stating the user has an infection. These are very advanced malware attacks. They are difficult to prevent, detect, and clean. Avoidance is your best defense.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archi...afely-exit.aspx
The AntiVirus 2009 attacks are particularly troublesome as they can download and install silently on a PC by just visiting a website. However, the payload still requires a mouse click when the Antivirus pop-up suddenly appears stating the user has an infection. These are very advanced malware attacks. They are difficult to prevent, detect, and clean. Avoidance is your best defense.
