Aug 11, 2012 | Virus & AntiVirus News
The malware that some people are calling Dorifel or XDocCrypt (ESET detects it as Win32/Quervar.C and has a cleaner for it here) is having enormous impact right now, mostly in the Netherlands. It has some very interesting characteristics – it infects documents (and...
Jun 10, 2012 | Virus & AntiVirus News
The creators of the Flame malware have sent a “suicide” command that removes it from some infected computers. Security firm Symantec caught the command using booby-trapped computers set up to watch Flame’s actions. Flame came to light after the...
Jun 7, 2012 | Virus & AntiVirus News
by Stephen Cobb ESET Security Evangelist A week ago the big malware news was the code known as Flame, Flamer, or sKyWIper (detected by ESET as Win32/Flamer.A), then on June 1, this news broke: “A damaging cyberattack against Iran’s nuclear program was the...
Jun 7, 2012 | Virus & AntiVirus News
by David Harley Senior Research Fellow It’s not only the malware that ESET calls Win32/Flamer.A which is complex (and quite dauntingly large). The news and speculation around this threat is also extensive and complex. While it is understandable that what appears...
Apr 29, 2012 | Adware, Spyware and Trojans, Virus & AntiVirus News
by Jay Scherder, KY3 News SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — It’s being called the “Internet Doomsday.” Thousands of computers could go offline this summer because of a virus. According to InformationWeek, at its peak the malware was infecting machines used by...
Apr 17, 2012 | Virus & AntiVirus News
AV-Comparatives.org are happy to announce the participants of their annual public test-series of 2012: International participants: AhnLab (NEW), Avast, AVG, AVIRA, Bitdefender, Bullguard (NEW), eScan, ESET, Fortinet (NEW), F-Secure, G DATA, GFI (NEW), Kaspersky,...
