Latest News March 1st

Analyzing PDF Files
Rogueware competing with Panda
Talking Bots with Japan’s ‘Cyber Clean Center’
Microsoft Warns of New IE Code Execution Flaw
FAKEAV Rides on the Back of a Killer Whale
Massive Earthquake in Chile Leads to a Surge of Rogue Antivi
Qualys to scan Web sites for malware
Web users offered 'hardened' Firefox for banking
ICQ scam in the wild
World of Warcraft authenticator users come under attack
Free Facebook iPad beta-test offer is a scam
Hacker Report 'High Risk' Flaws in Safari Browser
Organiser of Darkmarket fraud website jailed for 56 Months

Feb 19 forum Links

• Latest Security & News Info Feb 19
  Stripping Away Malware Layers
  Better Bot Sniffer
  Good Worm Worries
  Serving Malware Thru Ad Networks

• Recent Forum Discussions Feb 19
  BUSTED! Email Lottery Scam Arrests
  Study Rejects Typical Online Predator Profile

Forum Links - Feb 15

• Latest Security & News Info Feb 15
  Bot Hunters Reveal New Tricks
  Phishing vs Phishing
  New Malware Capture Technique

• Recent Forum Discussions Feb 15
  Vista SP1 Bug: Boot Loop
  Domain Tasting Update
  WTF....Futuretisements???

Bot Infections Multiply Like Bunnies: SDFix to The Rescue

Within the world of malware there are a couple of infections which seem to develop new variants very quickly. The type which seem to be the fastest, with new variants uncovered daily are of the 'bot' variety. These include but are not limited to backdoors, proxies, password stealers, downloaders\droppers and spambots.

Their names can strike fear in the hearts and minds of IT professionals all across the world not to mention make a home user nearly passout. Hacker Defender, InfoStealer, Rustock are but to name a few.

These can in many cases be cleaned up, tho to be honest, wiping the drive and reformatting to reinstall Windows is probably the best advice. If you have one of these then you'll be needing to use a specialized tool called SDFix, by Andy Manchesta.

Do not attempt to clean any bots on your own. These can require some specific registry fixes even before you begin cleaning, not to mention many bots are coded to prevent running of removal tools. Instead first install and run HijackThis! and post the resultant log into my Countermeasures: Extraction Hlep forum and I'll assist in removal.