Category Archives: hijack search results

New Year’s Drive-By Brings a Recursive Rogue

January 6, 2011 – 9:28 am

By Andrew Brandt On the morning of January 2nd, still bleary eyed, I checked my email to find a charming notification informing me that I’d received an electronic greeting card. Yay! I thought to myself: The first targeted malware of 2011 plopped right into my lap. I immediately pulled up my research machine, browsed to [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Also posted in Backdoors, Downloaders, Rogue Security Products, social engineering, spam, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Chinese Trojan Turns Infected PCs Into Web Servers

December 4, 2010 – 8:39 am

By Andrew Brandt A complex and elaborately conceived family of malware that originates in China installs the Apache Web server, as well as half a dozen keylogger and downloader payloads, disguised as components of legitimate apps. We and a few other antivirus vendors are calling this type of malware Taobatuo. It just so happens that [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Also posted in Ad-clickers, Backdoors, Downloaders, Keyloggers, phishing, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Comments (1)

Search Hijacker Adds Files to Firefox Profile

November 5, 2010 – 11:49 am

By Andrew Brandt In September, I posted an item about a dropper which we call Trojan-Dropper-Headshot. This malware delivers everything including the kitchen sink when it infects your system. It has an absolute ton of payloads, any of which on their own constitute a serious problem. All together, they’re a nightmare. Among the payloads, we’ve [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Also posted in Firefox, malware, Threat Research, Trojans | Comments (2)
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