 Avira warns of Windows vulnerability (21 Jul 2010)
In Windows operating systems there is currently a vulnerability which attackers can abuse to smuggle in viruses. It suffices to open a specially prepared USB stick or a folder containing a manipulated link with Windows Explorer, warns IT security expert Avira, whose security software protects from this threat. |
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Spam mails lure with domain password reset warning (03 Jul 2010)
IT security expert Avira warns of a current wave of spam mails that attempt to trick recipients by warning that their domain password will be reset unless they click through on an embedded link – which then leads to a fake online pharmacy. |
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Botnet Toolkit for Twitter (25 May 2010)
The IT security experts at Avira have analyzed a toolkit for a Twitter-based botnet and ensure protection against it |
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Ransomware threatens with official complaint of piracy (14 Apr 2010)
Avira informs about ransomware, which threatens to inform the public prosecution department about pirated content on the PC, but in fact steals credit card data |
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Avira protects from PDF Exploit (12 Mar 2010)
Malicious PDF files abuse a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat which was recently fixed by Adobe |
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Infected Firefox Add-on: Avira protects (22 Feb 2010)
On the servers of the Mozilla Foundation an infected Firefox Add-on was available for download which Avira antimalware solutions already detected |
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Fake anti-virus solutions imitate Avira (22 Feb 2010)
Cybercriminals are imitating the look of Avira products to help them spread their fraudulent and useless pseudo security solutions. |
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Cyber-gangsters launch a wave of phishing attacks on WOW users (03 Jun 2009)
03 June 2009 – According to IT security specialist Avira, a series of phishing attacks has been launched aimed at fans of the World of Warcraft game. |
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Worm Conficker reloads (09 Apr 2009)
9 April 2009 – Worm Conficker.C has started to reload updates – however not through the websites many people originally observed, but through its peer-to-peer function. |
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New phishing attack against Raiffeisen Bank (06 Feb 2009)
6 February 2009 – Avira discovered a new phishing attack targeting the customers of Raiffeisen Online Banking. |
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Worm in alleged coupons of McDonald’s and Coca Cola (05 Dec 2008)
5 December 2008 - A new scam is trying to persuade Internet users to infect their computers. Virus writers are sending fake coupons by email for Coca Cola and McDonald’s. |
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Emails with new phishing techniques targeting Raiffeisen clients (26 Aug 2008)
26 August 2008 - Avira has recently become aware of a new phishing scam, targeting the Raiffeisen clients. |
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BRD, the target of a new phishing attack (29 Jul 2008)
29 July 2008 - Avira discovered today a new phishing attack targeting the customers of BRD Internet Banking. |
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New Romanian hoax spotted on the Internet (15 May 2008)
15 May 2008 - Since the beginning of this week we have noticed a new malware hoax wave, spread on the Internet. The subject of these messages is actually a false alert regarding a new way of deceiving people. |
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European Cup ticket comes with Trojan (28 Mar 2008)
28 March 2008 – As was the case for the World Cup, tickets for the European Cup football championship are also in great demand. However, those using the Internet ticket seller site euroticketshop.com are infected with malware without their knowledge. |
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Stormy Valentine (12 Feb 2008)
12 February 2008 – Almost as a matter of tradition, Valentine’s Day is again being misused this year to infect systems with malware. |
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State Trojan stirs up fear of a police state in Germany (08 Nov 2007)
08 November 2007 – Online survey of Avira: around 70 per cent of users are against surveillance by the authorities. |
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Avira warns against spam emails with MP3 files (19 Oct 2007)
19 October 2007 – Computer users are confronted with a new spam method: they become the unwilling recipients of emails with attached audio files. |
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New Skype worm in circulation (11 Sep 2007)
11 September 2007 – A new worm is being spread with the aid of the Skype software. |
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Avira warns: targeted malware attacks increasingly also threatening German companies (25 Jul 2007)
25 July 2007 – Instead of just relying on mass mails, hackers are specifically attacking individual firms. |
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New type of Stock Spam (21 Jun 2007)
21 June 2007 - Avira warns about a new type of spam which is currently sent to users within Germany. The spam claims to be a magazine like edition of “German Stock Insider” and is sent in PDF format. |
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Large-scale web attack infects more than 11.000 Websites (19 Jun 2007)
19 June 2007 - Avira warns about thousands legitimate websites being hacked and pointing to malicious code. |
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A new phishing attack on Raiffeisen clients (30 May 2007)
30 May 2007 - The IT security provider Avira informs on today's phishing attack on Raiffeisen Bank. |
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Sober is on the way again (04 May 2007)
4 May 2007 - There are emails with a new Sober variant in the email boxes since some days. With subject lines such as "your password was changed!" or "your account was set up!" the worm induces the user to open the attachment. |
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New variant of the Trojan TR/Small.DBY was found (25 Apr 2007)
25 April 2007 – Today, Avira found a new variant of the Trojan “TR/Small.DBY” which spreads via spam emails. |
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Worm Pykse does not like being bothered (17 Apr 2007)
17 April 2007 – The program Skype contains a worm called "Pykse". The worm turns the user mode from the Skype-Client into "Do not disturb" and then sends messages to all online contacts |
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Exploit for "Zero-Day" Vulnerability Detected (31 Mar 2007)
31 March 2007 - Avira warns about the spreading of modified .ani files. These files started to circulate yesterday and exploit a vulnerability in "Windows Animated Cursor Handling". Microsoft has published an Advisory, but no patch is available yet. |
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February Virus Top 10 (26 Mar 2007)
26 March 2007 - Avira, one of the leading providers of IT-security software solutions, presents today a malware report including the top ten viruses and phishing attacks as they were discovered by our virus researchers during the month of February 2007. |
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Faked emails of Quelle and single.de contain malware! (07 Mar 2007)
7 March 2007 – A new wave of Trojans is currently in the Net with fake invoices to apply for a membership in the partner search platform single.de as well as the online shop of the catalog company Quelle. |
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January Virus Top 10 (12 Feb 2007)
12 February 2007– Avira reveals today the monthly malware ranking counting down the worst threats discovered in January. |
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New Trojan in circulation (08 Feb 2007)
8 February 2007– A new version of the “Storm-Worm” has been circulating since yesterday. |
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A worm hidden in the storm (23 Jan 2007)
23 January 2007 - The wave of news about Kyrill hurricane brought a heavy message! It is an email pretending to contain sensational information about Kyrill hurricane. In fact it is a Trojan, the so-called "storm worm". |
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November Virus Top 10 (19 Dec 2006)
19 December 2006 - Avira discloses today the November Virus Top 10, drawn from our specific statistic sources and virus experts’ opinions. The malware hierarchy is again half occupied by Stration versions, just as it was last month. |
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Phishing - no longer a new practice for the Romanian IT environment (13 Dec 2006)
13 December 2006 - Avira security experts discovered earlier today new phishing emails targeting Raiffeisen clients. |
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First worm reaches MySpace website (07 Dec 2006)
7 December 2006 - The security of MySpace stands in jeopardy due to a modified Quicktime movie file. At the moment, anonyms try to spy out the user names and the passwords of the online community with the help of the java script support from Apple’s Quicktime – Player. |
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Harder and harder to detect phishing: New types of phishing emails in the wild (30 Nov 2006)
30 November 2006 - Harder and harder to detect phishing: New types of phishing emails in the wild |
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New cases of direct PayPal phishing (23 Nov 2006)
23 November 2006 - The Avira experts have detected new types of phishing emails targeting PayPal users. |
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Avira warns: New spam wave with anti-OCR techniques (17 Nov 2006)
17 November 2006 – An uncommon “Pump and Dump” spam wave hit users’ inboxes in the last couple of days. |
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October Virus Top 10 (13 Nov 2006)
13 November 2006 - One of the leading providers of IT-security software products, Avira, reveals today the malware ranking for October. |
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TR/Dldr.Stration.C - Trojan disguised as a Microsoft security patch (23 Oct 2006)
The security experts from Avira announced that there is a Trojan in circulation, “TR/Dldr.Stration.C”, since last weekend. |
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September Virus Top 10 (19 Oct 2006)
September Virus Top 10 - The latest Virus Top 10 released by Avira shows that was a period without any noticeable incidents, even if the total number of the threats identified by our Virus Laboratory increased with 9,3 % than last month. |
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New variants of the worm "Stration.C" sighted (02 Oct 2006)
Tettnang, 2 October 2006 – Avira has recognized some new variants of the worm "Worm/Stration.C" |
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August Virus Top 10 (12 Sep 2006)
12 September 2006 - Avira reveals today the monthly malware ranking counting down the ten worst menaces encountered in August. Netsky.P is once again the second threat after Bagz.D.3 took the pole position in the July Virus Top 10. |
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New variant of the MSN worms "Braban" sighted (05 Sep 2006)
05 September 2006 – According to press reports there is a new worm that spreads through the Instant Messenger MSN. |
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New Zero-Day vulnerability in Office 2000 (04 Sep 2006)
04 September 2006 – A short time ago, the Avira experts detected a new Trojan which exploits a totally unknown vulnerability from Microsoft Office. |
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New worm makes use of an old vulnerability (30 Aug 2006)
Tettnang, 29.08.2006 – The new mass mailer is called "Worm/Womble.A". |
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New worm variants that are using a vulnerability appeared (14 Aug 2006)
The press reported about some new bot-worm variants that are using a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows in order to spread. |
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July Virus Top 10 (10 Aug 2006)
First time after Sober.Y disappeared, we have a new number one threat - Worm/Bagz.D.3 dethroned Netsky.P |
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Harmful code takes advantage of a security gap in Microsoft PowerPoint (24 Jul 2006)
Bucharest, 24 July 2006 – Avira protects users with its current update against harmful code that can be infiltrated in PCs through a shortly discovered security gap in Microsoft PowerPoint. |
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June Virus Top 10 (05 Jul 2006)
The situation on the malware front looks very much the same as it was in May. |
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