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Pinball Corp’s Appbundler Employs Malware-like Techniques

March 29, 2011 – 12:44 pm

By Andrew Brandt For a couple of weeks now, I’ve been noticing a curious (and increasingly prevalent) phenomenon: Some of the free Web hosts popular among those who engage in phishing are popping new types of multimedia ads over the tops of the pages they host. Not only does the victim, in this case, risk [...]

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Blog Comment Spam Points to Drive-By Site

July 9, 2010 – 3:07 pm

By Andrew Brandt I just want to take a moment to thank the malware author who posted a spam comment to the Webroot Threat Blog blog the other day. You guys make my job so easy. The spam comment, which reads Hello. I the beginner. I wish to show to you,scandal story and links to [...]

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Chinese Phishers Get On the Fake Codec Bandwagon

June 28, 2010 – 3:19 pm

By Andrew Brandt Malware distributors in China have started pushing the same kinds of fake codec scams on unsuspecting Chinese Web surfers that criminals elsewhere in the world have mastered. I’m not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, I feel sorry for the Chinese victims, most of whom are probably blissfully [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Downloaders, Gaming threats, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks | Tags: AV专用播放器.exe, baidu.google.sina.yaszas, China, fake codec, ICBC, Intermediate Belt Video and Music, movie_setup_889.exe, QVOD player, setup321.exe, Sino-cybercrime, Yeepay, 免费看毛片_10_954467.msi, 免费成人播放器.exe, 对接强奸犯 | Comments (1)

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