Latest Threats Update

There have been several new variants added to some of the more pervasive infections in recent weeks. And a new international player is in the mix as well. SmithFraud, Vundo, HackerDefender and Chinese infections...OH MY!! Read More Here

IE 7 Final Release Available & Fake IE 7 DL Site

Final release for IE 7 from Microsoft available.
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Fake IE DL site being spread. Installs trojan instead.
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Forum Accesss Down.......AGAIN!! Grrrr......

Well it seems my hosting company is yet again having problems with forum access.

Apologies to all, guess I'll be looking for a new hosting company come 2007. This is getting ridiculous.

AVG\Ewido Anti-Spyware False\Positives, Except They Are Not!!

It seems there is some new malware out that is corrupting legit files. Users who scan with Ewido may be presented with findings which appear to be false\positives, but they are not. Read More Here

Update Your OS Today, But Be Patient

Microsoft released a record number of patches today, 26 to be exact. But it appears that with so many being released, that Windows Update sites are not delivering everything. So be patient, and go back later in the day or the next. Read More Here

Adware Pusher MVP Award Revoked By MS

Adware pusher MVP Award revoked after MS confirms connection to LOP. Read More Here

VirusBurst: New Infector Files

Two new infection files found by Bleeping computer:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\tazth.dll
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dpfwu.dll
C:\WINDOWS\System32\ficqv.dll
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Site Access Problems Persist

Sorry to say my hosting company is still having troubles with my domain. I apologize for these problems and hope they can fix things on their end.

Access is still sporadic to both forum and site.

Adware Vendor Now MS MVP!!!???

Well in all their infinite wonder, Microsoft has elected to award a well known adware pusher to join the ranks of their MS MVP Awardees. Yeah, that's right, a guy who makes a program which installs LOP if the user isn't very careful what he's installing. Read More Here

PestCapture: New SmithFraudRogue

UPDATED w\Screen shot and file info

Latest SmithFraud infection making the rounds. It places a huge alert saying your infected, which cannot be resized or moved and is on top of all open applications.

So far Ewido finds it as SpySheriff, Ad-Aaware SE finds it as SpywareNo & AdwareSheriff. Spybot S&D does not detect it at all. Read More Here

WinPatrol v10.0.5.0 Beta Testing

BillP, developer of WinPatrol has a new build he'd like users to try. It is in beta phase and users should exercise caution if they are not used to the pitfalls of beta software. Read More Here

Site & Forum Update

Well nothing to talk about. No word from my hosting company since last nite.
Both site and forum are up, tho I'm not sure how consistent it's going to be. I still cant publish or update the main site tho.

Site & Forums Down

Well it seems my hosting company has been experiencing some glitches in their hardware\software in the last week. Well, actually more like the last 6 weeks give or take, off and on, mostly with the forum access tho.

At first I was unable to publish the main site, but the forums were there, tho sometimes sporadiclly. Now, as a result of trying some things they recommended I try in my C-Panel, both the site and forums are now offline.

Needless to say this is very frustrating and they have told me that they are working with the vendors to try and resolve the issue.

I'll keep posting updates here as things progress.

Sorry for any inconveniences this is causing any of you. With a little luck they will get things fixed quickly.

Tom\TeMerc

VirusBurst: New Infector Files

New variants of VirusBurst have yet again reared an ugly head. The two latest files:

C:\Windows\System32\httge.dll

C:\Windows\System32\ggagksr.dll
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SurfSideKick Kissin Kousin: Deluxe Communications

I found the latest from the gang at SurfSideKick while VML trolling. The relationship is noticeable in more than one way. Bleeping Computing have a nice write up here and compares file names and paths.

You can read about what my experience with was here in our forums

Forums down for maintenance

UPDATE 2: Forums will have sporadic access until posted here as of 1030AM MST

UPDATED: Forum is now up as of 9:45AM MST

The forums are down due to some hosting maintenance. In the mean time, why don't you check out whats on the the main site. Seems like a perfect opportunity, doesn't it?

From there you can check out a bunch of my favorite blogs or some of the newsletters I link to.

MS Fixes IE Exploit Hole

MS releases out of cycle patch for most recent VML IE exploit. Read More Here

IE Exploit Beginning To Spread

IE exploit begins to stretch its legs as more reports come in about entire servers being hacked and more users getting infected. MS responds that they may just even patch out of cycle and then there is a third party patch out too. Read More Here

SmithFraud\Zlob Updates

Another variant was found this week to be added into the removal tools for those infected with SmithFraud\Zlob infections. These guys try hard, but the anti-malware gang stays pretty much on top of these, not likely users will get so heavily infected with this one. Read More Here

Two Exploits Found This Week For IE

Two exploits have been discovered out in the wild this week, making MS look pretty incompetent. The potential for 10,000 sites to be using this code is a real threat. Read here and here