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Fake Microsoft Malicious Software Removal tool

derek — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:57:37 +0000

It was brought to my attention by sUBs, a malware researcher who developed Combofix ( a tool to help remove persistant malware threats & rogue scamware from infected computers) that a fake Microsoft malicious software removal tool is spreading
This total piece of scamware is designed to imitate the genuine MMSRT & has the usual fake detections & then entices you buy the latest rogue scamware Shield EC Antivirus which our good friends Sunbelt Software have blogged about.
The last screen clearly shows that they want you to buy this useless scamware

The installer for this piece of malware is detected by several Antiviruses currently as shown on this Virus Total report page

If you are unfortunate to be infected by this piece of scamware, it can be difficult to remove. Don’t fall for all the other scams on the net saying you need to buy other software to remove it. Ask for help on our malware cleaning forum http://thespykiller.co.uk

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Misleading Google adverts

derek — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:15:24 +0000

Many of us in the security community are concerned about misleading adverts. This one in particular has started to make waves within the wider Technical support community. It is frequently displayed on blogs & forums offering free technical support and appears designed to fool a user into thinking that they are getting Microsoft Technical Support, when in fact the link goes to a site that makes you pay for help and assistance that has absolutely no connection to Microsoft as a company
The advert below is the one in question. Click on it to get a full size image

We all understand that adverts are a necessity in todays world to defray costs in running a website and an occasional rogue or misleading advert will slip through. I use Google adsense here on this blog and hope that all the adverts will be honest and above board. All webmasters, blog owners and Forums admins do need to keep an eye open for such adverts. Google must take a high degree of responsibility and start to police its advertising system more closely and weed out these deliberately misleading adverts.

The Company Justanswer.com who publish the adverts should be ashamed of themselves and I ask all readers to avoid that company and any others that use such underhand tactics to drive vulnerable visitors to their site.

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FBI credit card scam spam

derek — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:51:36 +0000

The lengths that scammers will go to try to convince a possible victim is quite unbelievable
The following email dropped in my spam box

I really can’t believe anyone will think the FBI issue or verify credit cards/ATM cards & charge you $95 insurance fee for the privilege

Once again the advice is, if it doesn’t look right, then it isn’t right so delete these scam emails and don’t reply to them or phone the numbers given. All that will do is get you a big phone bill from dialling a premium rate international phone number

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Beware of fake shopping sites

derek — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:55:16 +0000

With the seasonal shopping season well underway, watch out for fake shopping sites and phishing emails trying to get your identity & credit card details.

A slightly different approach came into my inbox today which asked me to confirm the item in my shopping basket. Now I haven’t shopped with Littlewoods online but you can be sure that thousands of people have and the same scam will be applied to just about every well known online shopping site this season.

The email looks quite believable

The website if you follow the link looks exactly like the real Littlwoods shopping site Account sign in page EXCEPT that the real Littlewwoods or ALL reputable shopping sites will have a Padlock icon and the site address will start with HTTPS and the address bar will turn green to show that you are on a secure site

This screenshot shows the fake site and I have blanked out the address for safety reasons

These show how a genuine site will appear in Internet Explorer 8 on left and Firefox on right. Both show the padlock icon and a green safe address bar. A genuine shopping site will always start HTTPS to show a secure site when you are asked to put in any details. The front page of the site might be a normal http:
Unfortunately a lot of well known shopping sites haven’t yet signed up to the Extended Valuation green bar very secure system yet so watch for the closed padlock and HTTPS in the address bar to show a secure site. In Firefox browser the closed padlock is on the bottom right hand corner of the page, not in the browser address bar

I strongly recommend using ROBOFORM which keeps all passwords in a secure encrypted database that only you (not a keylogger or malware) can access and use it to create safe secure passwords

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WOW wowmatrix keylogger

derek — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:00:42 +0000

I was notified of a google advert for a fake wowmatrix site. The original genuine wowmatrix is seen by many games players as not completely within the rules of the games
Wowmatrix is an addon that makes it easier to update and install other tweaks and addons to your game. Obviously using a fake version that downloads false addons & tweaks and installs them leaves you open to a lot of problems.

The advert on google looks like a search listing and it is only apparant that it is a sponsored listing or advert on close inspection

if you look at the screenshots of the 2 sites, you will see that there is very little difference between them and an unwary visitor can soon get infected

Don’t get caught out by it and get your passwords stolen. The downloads on the fake site are recognized by several antiviruses as a password stealer and downloads lots of other trojans and malware

the genuine site is on the left, the fake site on the right

I strongly recommend using ROBOFORM which keeps all passwords in a secure encrypted database that only you (not a keylogger or malware) can access and use it to create safe secure passwords

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Microsoft Lottery Spam

derek — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:01:04 +0000

We seem to have a new batch of the Microsoft lottery spam emails again

These have a @live.com email address with what at first glance looks like it could be a proper microsoft or MSN email address ( they of course are not genuine Microsoft or associated with Microsoft in any way)

DO NOT fall for the scam & try to ring the 070240****** number . it is a premium rate number that will have along recorded message on it and cost you £0.50 per minute

You won’t get any money from these scammers but they will get money from you

I have blanked out the full email address and phone number from the image to save the unwary

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