Archive for December, 2011
Removal of Mal/Dotter-A and other infections discharged from spam
Mal/Dotter-A is an average size infection infection. It falls within the range of 50 to 100K and routinely enters into computer system as a spam attachment. The first occurrence of the infection in the wild dates back to the beginning of December 2012. Prevailing distribution method applied to drop copies of the virus is spamming. [...]
Remove Mal/Generic-A misleading popup or get rid of actual rogue
Mal/Generic-A popup has been shown to users of computer system victimized by Security Central. Victimization is a correct term to explain the way the above program is installed and further acts on Windows computer. It actually sieges the PC disabling its common features every now and then. This is known as making an impression that [...]
Removal of Home Security Solutions as a remote offspring of notorious malicious Virus Doctor
Home Security Solutions malware and fake antispyware has been identified as a counterfeited security solution generated from Virus Doctor, while the latter has been known as a malicious counterfeit for more than two years before the former malware was observed in the wild as a mass-spread infection. Between these programs there were several dozens of [...]
Remove Best Antivirus malware, regular counterfeit under flatulent name
Best Antivirus, aka BestAntivirus, turns out to be a virus thanks to the hackers who have concocted computer infection and wrapped it into the skins of security software using the name mentioned at the beginning of this sentence. The infection distribution reached its peak at the mid of December 2011, but the residual distribution was [...]
Remove Trojan:Win32/Sefnit.AC to ensure unimpeded use of search engines
Trojan:Win32/Sefnit.AC sets up redirections in web-browsing software. The redirecting is aimed at modifying user’s browsing experience, especially that related to exploring the web using search engines. That is, user’s requests to common search websites such as Yahoo, Google are re-routed to url specified by the trojan. Introduction of the above redirect virus is typically performed [...]
Removal of Win32/Sirefef.DV to deal with more complex rogues
Win32/Sirefef.DV facilitates dissemination of infections made by the same originator that has concocted it. It is a classic dropper. The infection is available for post-installation modifications. Expert’s opinion is not uniform when it comes to judging whether to qualify some downloads performed by the rogue as its updates or as installation of other malwares. For [...]
