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01-01-2012, 02:43 AM
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uptick in fake antiviruses
all of December had a lot of fake antiviruses... Three just since Tuesday. anyone else seen this happening?
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01-01-2012, 11:15 AM
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I have seen 3 in the past 2 weeks. The most recent one called itself Windows System Check. It was nasty. It hid all the files, disabled access to the control panel, task manager, etc. Haven't seen that behavior since last spring. It also had a bootkit which I removed using BitDefender's Bootkit remover.
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01-01-2012, 02:19 PM
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Yes, this Virus has turn my normally slow holiday season into a very steady one. 4 Last week and I too see them getting past all the big Anti-Virus names.
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01-01-2012, 02:21 PM
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I've started to notice a small increase in rogue AVs since the beginning of December.
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01-01-2012, 03:21 PM
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XP Antivirus 2012, Vista Antivirus 2012...those are the big ones we're setting. The new BETA MSE actually stopped one last night from coming into my system....I saw MSE's popup and auto actions happen before it jumped up on my screen. This was through Chrome too..so good to see the new MSE reaching into that.
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01-01-2012, 04:31 PM
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well i guess its not just me....it sucks for EUs but really helped a slow week. i crushed my goal for December because of these. So far they totally disable anything in the machine to fix it. Makes it great for us techs. These are real nasty ones. every customer had up to date antivirus software. Well i guess if you make $100.00 milllion and the US goverment only makes you pay 8 million in damages i would set up shop again too. We are all in the wrong business i guess, lol!
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01-01-2012, 05:10 PM
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I have fixed two on a windows 7 system. One made it past Trend Micro and the other one was not even running an AV.
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01-01-2012, 07:01 PM
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What I'd like to know is the exact configuration(s) these PCs had before they got infected.
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