Comments on: This PC Will Self-Destruct in Ten Seconds

By: Hey Malware Guy: Just What the Heck Am I Supposed to Do With This? « Webroot Threat Blog

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:43:26 +0000

[...] They’re still using “Nr,” the abbreviation (нр) for the word “number” (номер, phonetically nomer) in Russian. Come on, guys, could you at least pretend you’re trying? Make that a triple facepalm for this social engineering dropout’s demonstration of willful ignorance. Demonstration no. 1, even. [...]

By: Five Reasons You Should Always “Stop. Think. Connect.” « Webroot Threat Blog

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:06:25 +0000

[...] scam: Create a downloader or a keylogger, and give it an icon so it looks like a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, or a text file. Compress the file into a .zip archive. Spam out the file to 24 [...]

By: George McCully

George McCully — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:56:20 +0000

Hi, Recently I had a w32 trojan rootkit virus that was delivered by fake ebay email. It changed nearly every file on my computer by changing their date to 08/04/2004 4:00am instead of 5:00am. Then it made computer unbootable…Hope this information helps out…IT also changed registry,making many settings locked.

By: Enrico

Enrico — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:16:42 +0000

Lack of user education are the source of these attacks, if we execute our windows without administrative permissions, format as NTS and assign proper permissions, update our email client, in my opinion we never will suffer destruction of our PC.
-enrico the keylogger guy

By: Fake Amazon Order Emails Bring A Trojany 'Friend' | Business Computing World

Wed, 19 May 2010 12:07:12 +0000

[...] An extremely dangerous downloader, the Web sites and domains from which Tacticlol (aka Oficla or Sasfis) retrieves its payloads have been remaining online longer than normal. Typically the download site is shut down within a few days, effectively neutralizing the downloader and preventing it from retrieving anything. Recent variants, however, have use Web domains that remain online for weeks or even months. [...]

By: Fake Amazon.com Order Emails Bring a Trojany “Friend” « Webroot Threat Blog

Mon, 17 May 2010 23:38:14 +0000

By: Trojan Masquerades as iTunes Gift or Résumé « Webroot Threat Blog

Trojan Masquerades as iTunes Gift or Résumé « Webroot Threat Blog — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:07:44 +0000

[...] was waged over the past several weeks, in which the recipient was told that the document contains a new password for their Facebook account. However, the end result of opening the alleged iTunes Gift Certificate is no different than [...]

By: Deadly Phish Preys on Computers . . . Film at 11 | PC Risk Factors

Deadly Phish Preys on Computers . . . Film at 11 | PC Risk Factors — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:46:27 +0000

[...] by Phish The good folks at Webroot have a great article on a new trend in phishing trojans. (Note: Phishing Trojans are programs that trick you into [...]

By: This PC Will Self-Destruct in Ten Seconds « Descent Into Darkness

This PC Will Self-Destruct in Ten Seconds « Descent Into Darkness — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:53:44 +0000

[...] Since the middle of last year, we’ve seen a sprinkling of malware that also wipes out key files on the hard drive, sometimes preventing a reboot, after an infection. This isn’t hostageware, which overtly threatens to delete the – contents of the hard drive if you don’t pay up, but something more sinister. – Webroot Threat Blog [...]

By: Malware verminkt steeds vaker computer « ..:: All about Vista ::..

Malware verminkt steeds vaker computer « ..:: All about Vista ::.. — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:43:29 +0000

[...] en computers verminkt achterlaten. Virusonderzoeker Andrew Brandt van beveiligingsbedrijf Webroot, spreekt zelfs van een "verontrustende trend." De laatste tijd zag hij verschillende nieuwe [...]