Showing posts with label malware. Show all posts
Showing posts with label malware. Show all posts

Monday, 21 September 2009

Total Security rogue

Ran into another rogue anti-virus tool called Total Security. It was install by exploiting a security hole:

Tuesday, 19 May 2009

seaport.exe

The SeaPort.exe file is signed by Microsoft and looks legitimate to me. Is there some malware/trojan/spyware out there that use the SeaPort.exe name, or is there any other reason for removing this file? More than 75% of the visitors FreeFixer file library visitors say they remove this file:

More than 75% say they will remove Seaport.exe

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

prnet.tmp

About two week ago a FreeFixer user added prnet.tmp to the online file database. I've not had the chance to analyze this file myself, but from the large number the searches it must be a major problem right now.

This file is dropped in C:\WINDOWS\system32\ and adds itself to the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, prnet, which starts the prnet.tmp process every time a user logs on to the machine. Those infected by this malware reports a large numbe of unwanted pop-up windows.

If you need assistance to remove prnet.tmp, please post a FreeFixer log at the FreeFixer User Group.

Tuesday, 31 March 2009