Yeah...that's pretty much what I figure...and probably at least some of the hacked websites appeal to teenagers. :D I'll see if I can't get the user to upgrade to Vipre Home Premium. At least that should help.
-----Original Message----- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Fake antivirus John, A lot of this Fake AV is also coming from "legitmate" but hacked websites, and drive-by malware. There has been more and more sites hit with Web application attacks, which are imbedding malicious Iframe, and other goodies which are making links going to their malware sites and not the link they thought they was going too. Been seeing Fake-AV popping up as well, along with Target Phishing attacks, and the big fun of seeing the Military and Govt Entities being phished by the Chinese ( or so the US Govt says) just underlies how sensitive and secret information and communications are being sent over public email, which is pretty silly IMHO... Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:[email protected] Cell:401-639-3505 -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Fake antivirus I'm going to go to a former co-worker's this afternoon to clean his system (again) from another fake antivirus infestation. I've already got Vipre Rescue and Malware Bytes on a memory stick. I've also got RKILL. I haven't had to deal with any fake antivirus in a few weeks. Just wondering if they have developed any new tricks recently that I should be aware of? Oh, this user had Vipre Home on his PC, and got infested anyway. Should I submit samples to Sunbelt (assuming I can find where they're quarantined)??? Thanks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
