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 The Computer Buzz |
August 26th, 2010 | |||
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The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming.“You have been infected by proxyrelay Trojan server with new dangerous spambots” “The IP address XXXXXXX that you are getting from ISP for you PC is on some major blacklist. Your IP will be marked in the police log file as mass mailing spam assist.” “Are you wish to keep this illegal file on your PC? This can promote data steal such as passwords and credit cards by cyber cryminals. Your Facebook, paypal and ebay can be used by hackers. Are you willing to keep dangerous file on your PC, or disinfect it using Desktop Security 2010? “ No we are not kidding. This is typical of the language and spelling in the “scareware” attacks we see several times each week. This particular language comes from an official looking malware program titled DESK TOP SECURITY 2010. The comical misspelling and misuse of the English language suggests that these criminals probably hail from a region where education is in short supply, proper English is little understood and law enforcement is lax. That would be Eastern Europe, Russia or perhaps East LA. The problem is that by the time you have an opportunity to laugh at the broken English, your PC is already infected. These malware attacks are almost always “Trojans” as in Trojan horse. A Trojan disguises itself by assuming a false identity in order to entice you to invite it in. “Your son is in trouble, your credit card is being stolen, update your Adobe now, You have an illegal copy of Windows, speed up your computer, free booty call.” They will use any ruse to get you to invite them in. Once in, they turn off your virus and spy ware protection and take over. Once that happens you can no longer clean up your PC from the inside, you need an outside virus scan source. If your PC is able to access the Internet you can try the on line virus scan at WWW.trendmicro.com. Look for “house call,” the on line virus scan. If this doesn’t get rid of the infection you will need to get it taken care of before viruses damage your operating system. The best way to avoid attacks is to never click on anything you’re not absolutely sure is legitimate. Be sure that you have the latest version of your operating system along with the latest critical updates. Be sure your virus and malware protection are up to date. All third party software that you use like Adobe Flash/Reader, Java, Quick Time or Real Player should be updated. Religiously. Never accept an update invitation. Always go to the home page of the software maker to accept the critical updates. The summer lull is over and Virus attacks are back in full force. The crush of virus infected PCs have pushed our clean-up lead-time temporarily to an unacceptable four working days. By the end of the week we hope to increase our scan capacity and get the cleanup process back down to a more reasonable two days. If you’re not careful we may see you soon. |
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