Re: A Hijacking Problem


David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "Sebastian Gottschalk" <seppi@xxxxxxxxx>
Please stick to a subject matter that you have direct knowledge on. Ron specifically noted
"Win Anti-Virus".

It is the Vundo Trojan and/or Virtuomunde Adware infection that points to the download and
installation of WinAntivirus Pro, WinAntiSpyware Pro and WinFixer 2006. This is propogated
by...
Amaena
P.O. box1048
Chernigov, NA 14032
UA

Other symptoms are Pop-Ups indicating;
"There is a security vulnerability from the Blackworm virus. We recomen you DOWNLOAD ..."
and
"There is a security vulnerability from the Beagle virus. We recomen you DOWNLOAD ..."

The malware is well known to take advantage of a vulnerability in older versions of Sun
Java.


Dave;

Does the company that makes all of the above anti-virus programs
responsible for this infection or some other party? If the company is
responsible, why aren't they being sued or fined for starting what is
essentially a virus that their program can cure? That seems to me like
software extortion.

Ron

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: OT: Warning about Norton Internet Security
    ... virus invade the PC, ... Thanks for the journey into the realm of possible infections, ... download into it - and that was 1999, heaven knows how bad things are ... He obviously needed anti-virus software or maybe better still, ...
    (alt.sys.pc-clone.dell)
  • Re: Attempted Intrusion "Welchia_ICMP_Scan" from your machine against
    ... The Welchia virus is old. ... MS03-039 patches this issue. ... Your anti-virus should find this malware. ... visit www.Windowsupdate.com and download and install all the critical ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
  • Re: Norton AntiVirus - Cant repair
    ... make sure it is configured to download the latest updates at least once a ... www.grisoft.com is free anti-virus, use it. ... search the virus encyclopedia on the web site of your anti-virus ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.security)
  • Re: Virtual PC Anti-Virus?
    ... download an academically licensed XP install for free. ... So what I was wondering is, do I need to run virus ... Note that I tell all Mac users to have an anti-virus. ...
    (comp.sys.mac.advocacy)
  • eicartest
    ... If you are active in the anti-virus research field, then you will regularly receive requests for virus samples. ... A third set of requests come from exactly the people you might think would be least likely to want viruses "users of anti-virus software". ... If your test file is a program, then it should also produce sensible results if it is executed. ... A good anti-virus scanner will spot a 'virus' inside an ARCHIVEe. ...
    (comp.security.firewalls)
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