Monthly Archives: March 2010
Closer look on Swizzor
We were analysing a recent version of Swizzor – an Adware which Avira detects as TR/Dldr.Swizzor.Gen – and after getting past the first encryption layers of the software, we stumbled over a few interesting strings in the malware. Quite obviously … Continue reading
Release of Avira AntiVir 10
Today we will release version 10 of Avira AntiVir. The new generation of malware protection software from Avira offers a pile of new features and is even easier to manage than the versions before. Many users waited for Avira AntiVir … Continue reading
The Browser Choice Reloaded (Update)
A little more than a week ago Microsoft started delivering a new Browser Choice for Windows to be compliant to the European Union law. There are plenty of web browsers to choose from, and my colleague Sorin Mustaca recommended Firefox. … Continue reading
Back to the roots in the online pharmacy spam
In the beginning of 2003 we received the first spams which consisted largely of recent news. Back at that time, SPAM was created this way in order to bypass the widely used Bayesian filters. During the last 7 years, a … Continue reading
Fix-it-Tool for IE-0-day
For the current vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 which already gets actively exploited on the net, Microsoft is already testing a patch. The company is still considering whether to release the patch on the regular Patchday or out-of-band. … Continue reading
Twitter Spam: Getting slim with slim URLs
In October 2009 we were writing about twitter spam and I was trying to make a brief definition of this kind of spam: It follows a lot of users , has 1 post and is followed only by a few … Continue reading
Microsoft Patchday – 8 vulnerabilities fixed
On March 2010 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released just two security bulletins. One is about 7 flaws in Microsoft Excel, which affect all supported versions of the software – including the format converters and MS Office for Mac. The other one … Continue reading
PDF-Exploit for recently closed security hole
Adobe released version 9.3.1 of Reader and Acrobat mid February. These versions fix a vulnerability which allows attackers to inject malicious code by luring victims into opening specially prepared PDF documents. Avira saw malicious PDF files appearing in the wild … Continue reading
The Browser Choice
A Windows Update is available to users who are located in member countries of the European Union allowing for choosing a different standard browser for the system. The update is available for download through Windows Update. The Update creates a … Continue reading