Fake Virus Total
By Bryan on March 2, 2010 | Malware, VirusTotal.com, Security Tool, security_tool_setup.exe, virus-total.in
VirusTotal.com is a well known and reputable free virus and malware online scan service. It is not surprising attackers have chose to use its good name for their malicious intentions.
The malware authors registered virus-total.in. This is an opposite to the legitimate site which is at virustotal.com with no dashes in the title.
The fake message at the page claims:
“We detected viruses activity from your computer. If that is really so, we highly recommend you to install our security tool and keep your computer running at its best.. Please, wait for a moment. You’ll be redirected to perform scanning…”
When the fraudulent scans will be finished another pop-up will be configured asking the user to download a file called security_tool_setup.exe. This is all scam and all files are malicious ones. If you choose to follow instructions given at the rogue website you will end up with Security Tool parasite at your PC.
More Malware news
25% of worms use USB drives to spread
According to Panda’s report, 25% of worm based malware spreads through the USB drives. Even more, most of viruses are designed to spread via USB drives. Security Company confirms that cybercriminals are very persistent and put a lot of efforts to make user’s life impossible. 25% of latest created malware are configured to enter the system through portable storage devices, usually USB drives. Read more.- Save your Androids: first trojan spotted in the wild
- Dell Shares Information about Malware Infecting their Server’s Motherboards
- 123greetings.com is a new ZeuS Crimeware Campaigners Target
- Remove Fake Adobe Flash Player Install
- Fake Microsoft Security Essentials Launched
- Remove Flooder.Skypflood, Flooder.Skypflood Removal
- Remove FunnyMall, FunnyMall Removal
- Remove BankerFox.A Trojan, BankerFox.A Trojan Removal
- New malware arrives in form of numerous clones
- Much More Malware in 2009
