Daily Archives: October 16th, 2009

Trojan Uses Commercial Firewall to Block AV Updates

By Andrew Brandt Purveyors of rogue security products continue to bulk up their arsenal of stupid tricks, all of which are designed to induce either fear or frustration in victims. Increasingly, certain distributions of rogue antivirus include a payload that blocks the infected computer from receiving antivirus updates. That part isn’t new; Many Trojan installers [...]

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