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BitDefender Lab’s Top 10 Malware List for April Dominated by Malware Packers
Views: 32 Not Rated Last Modified: 09 May 2008 19:09 BUCHAREST, Romania – May 9, 2008 – BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that malware packers have gained even more popularity in the month of April, as three of the positions on BitDefender’s April 2008 Top Ten Malware list are occupied with malware packed by such software. According to BitDefender Labs, the three are all packed with the same type of packer (NSAnti) which has caused problems in previous months.
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Views: 32 Not Rated Last Modified: 09 May 2008 19:09 BUCHAREST, Romania – May 9, 2008 – BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that malware packers have gained even more popularity in the month of April, as three of the positions on BitDefender’s April 2008 Top Ten Malware list are occupied with malware packed by such software. According to BitDefender Labs, the three are all packed with the same type of packer (NSAnti) which has caused problems in previous months.
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BitDefender Detects EDUnet Trojan Spread
Views: 2533 Not Rated Last Modified: 30 Apr 2008 07:51 Trojan uses .edu and .mil servers as spam relays
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Views: 2533 Not Rated Last Modified: 30 Apr 2008 07:51 Trojan uses .edu and .mil servers as spam relays
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Nigerian Scam 2.0 Targets LinkedIn and Other Social Networking Sites
Views: 2062 Not Rated Last Modified: 23 Apr 2008 11:19 Researchers from BitDefender® have detected that social networks are the newest medium for Nigerian "4-1-9" scams.
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Views: 2062 Not Rated Last Modified: 23 Apr 2008 11:19 Researchers from BitDefender® have detected that social networks are the newest medium for Nigerian "4-1-9" scams.
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BitDefender Lab’s Top 10 Malware List for March Reveals the Storm Worm is Back in Action
Views: 12228 Not Rated Last Modified: 02 Apr 2008 13:04 The Storm Work dominates as BehavesLike:Trojan.ShellHook becomes
the most widespread malware technique
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Views: 12228 Not Rated Last Modified: 02 Apr 2008 13:04 The Storm Work dominates as BehavesLike:Trojan.ShellHook becomes
the most widespread malware technique
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Don’t Sign Your Refund Check Over to Malware Writers
Views: 4070 Not Rated Last Modified: 20 Mar 2008 15:46 Cybercriminals will find ways to reach your confidential information unless your network is securely protected
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Views: 4070 Not Rated Last Modified: 20 Mar 2008 15:46 Cybercriminals will find ways to reach your confidential information unless your network is securely protected
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BitDefender Finds Spammers are Leveraging Google Applications
Views: 7048 Not Rated Last Modified: 19 Mar 2008 11:24 Bucharest, Romania. – March 17, 2008 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that BitDefender antispam analysts have detected that Nigerian scam spammers are using a new gateway to target the corporate world: Google Calendar.
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Views: 7048 Not Rated Last Modified: 19 Mar 2008 11:24 Bucharest, Romania. – March 17, 2008 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that BitDefender antispam analysts have detected that Nigerian scam spammers are using a new gateway to target the corporate world: Google Calendar.
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Spam – The Perfect Valentine Gift
Views: 4608 Not Rated Last Modified: 28 Feb 2008 11:41 BUCHAREST, Romania – February 13, 2008 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, today announced that BitDefender antispam analysts have detected Valentine-themed spam contaminating the net this week. The two most notable volumes were achieved by a pharma wave which included a wide range of pitches and a replica watch wave advertising “Perfect gifts for Valentine's Day?”
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Views: 4608 Not Rated Last Modified: 28 Feb 2008 11:41 BUCHAREST, Romania – February 13, 2008 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, today announced that BitDefender antispam analysts have detected Valentine-themed spam contaminating the net this week. The two most notable volumes were achieved by a pharma wave which included a wide range of pitches and a replica watch wave advertising “Perfect gifts for Valentine's Day?”
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BitDefender Detects New Trojan that Hijacks Google Text Advertisements; Cuts into Google Revenues
Views: 18705 Not Rated Last Modified: 18 Dec 2007 19:02 BUCHAREST, Romania – December 18, 2007 – BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that BitDefender antivirus analysts have detected a new trojan, which hijacks Google text advertisements, replacing them with ads from a different provider. The threat, which is identified by BitDefender as Trojan.Qhost.WU, modifies the infected computers' Hosts file (a local storage for domain name / IP address mappings, which is consulted before domain name servers and is considered authoritative).
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Views: 18705 Not Rated Last Modified: 18 Dec 2007 19:02 BUCHAREST, Romania – December 18, 2007 – BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that BitDefender antivirus analysts have detected a new trojan, which hijacks Google text advertisements, replacing them with ads from a different provider. The threat, which is identified by BitDefender as Trojan.Qhost.WU, modifies the infected computers' Hosts file (a local storage for domain name / IP address mappings, which is consulted before domain name servers and is considered authoritative).
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BitDefender Lab’s Top 10 Malware List for 2007
Views: 10989 Not Rated Last Modified: 18 Dec 2007 18:58 BUCHAREST, Romania – December 18, 2007 – BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that the Peed bot – aka "Storm Worm" aka "Nuwar" – was number one on the BitDefender Top 10 malware list for 2007. According to BitDefender Labs, the spread of the Peed bot has placed it higher that the prolific category of trojan downloaders by almost 10 percent overall, at 33.94 percent of total detections in the past twelve months.
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Views: 10989 Not Rated Last Modified: 18 Dec 2007 18:58 BUCHAREST, Romania – December 18, 2007 – BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that the Peed bot – aka "Storm Worm" aka "Nuwar" – was number one on the BitDefender Top 10 malware list for 2007. According to BitDefender Labs, the spread of the Peed bot has placed it higher that the prolific category of trojan downloaders by almost 10 percent overall, at 33.94 percent of total detections in the past twelve months.
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BitDefender Lab’s Top 10 Malware List for November Reveals Trend Toward Lower-Profile Malware
Views: 8194 Not Rated Last Modified: 03 Dec 2007 15:17 BUCHAREST, Romania – November 30, 2007 – BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today its Top 10 Malware List for November 2007. According to BitDefender Labs, malware packed with the NSAnti packer topped the November list with 28.62% of total detections.
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Views: 8194 Not Rated Last Modified: 03 Dec 2007 15:17 BUCHAREST, Romania – November 30, 2007 – BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today its Top 10 Malware List for November 2007. According to BitDefender Labs, malware packed with the NSAnti packer topped the November list with 28.62% of total detections.
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