Infection Checks on 2008-09-10
I ran further checks on September 10, 2008 on a system that I found infected
with
Virantix and other malware on September 9 (see
Infection by Virantix -
braviax.exe).
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Infection by Virantix - braviax.exe
After a user attempted to open an attachment on an email message that
was ostensibly from Southwest Airlines, but which was really malware,
her system rebooted and kept popping up a ballon message from the system
tray that "It is recommended to use special antispyware tools to pervent
data loss. Windows will now download and install the most up-to-date
antispyware for you." The message, which misspelled "prevent" was really
coming from
rogue
antispyware software. Such messages are common to
rogue antispyware that attempts to trick users into buying the software after
the software has managed to surreptitiously install itself.
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