Facebook attacked by Trojans

Facebook users have been victims of the Trojan Win32/Delf.QCZ. This malware disables antivirus programs that are not updated for a long time (meaning the signatures database.)

Social networks continue to be the main source of spread of malicious software. Facebook is no exception.

Specialists of ESET found a Trojan, which is rapidly spreading in a given social network.

The Trojan sends the message to one of the users with the text «Hi! How are you? ». In this case the letter contains the name of the recipient and a malicious link to the video. As soon as you try to watch the video, there is a message to download a new version of Flash Player. After confirming the installation starts downloading malicious code.

According to data obtained by means of early-warning systems ThreatSense.Net, mostly victims of Win32/Delf.QCZ become users in Central and Eastern Europe. The greatest number of infections were recorded in countries such as Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Serbia / Montenegro. An increasing number of infections in Israel, Asia-Pacific region, Thailand and Malaysia.

"To prevent infecting your computer with this malware, we strongly recommend that users not in any way not to respond to such messages", said Pavel Demyanenko, head of technical support ESET in Ukraine.

In addition, these messages are easily recognized, especially non-English speaking residents of countries. Due to the increasing number of such attacks, we can advise users of social networks to be extremely cautious. Do not open suspicious attachments and emails from unknown authors and do not click on suspicious links. You should also configure all the necessary security and confidentiality.

In addition, you must install on your computer safe and effective antivirus software with current signature database (license antivirus software with current signature database will provide reliable protection for your computer and prevent infection trojan Win32/Delf.QCZ).

Comparative testing of antivirus products from AV-Comparatives.org (Summer 2011)

AV-Comparatives regularly holds testing of anti-virus products by two various ways - the test of proactive protection (reveals ability of antiviruses to find out attack of harmful programs) and the test of signature protection (checks as antiviruses use the dictionary of known viruses for detection of new threats).

The test of proactive protection

In comparison with the previous tests executed in November of last year, results of many tested programs have decreased.

In the proactive test of the highest rating (ADVANCED +) have received Avira and Kaspersky.

Rating "ADVANCED" have received - G Data, ESET, Panda, TrustPort, Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, F-Secure, BitDefender, and eScan.

The rating - "STANDART", has earned antivirus Sophos.

Despite decrease in indicators, ability of anti-virus products to detection of harmful programs has hardly decreased.

Testing of complex remedies

Full dynamic test was conducted jointly antivirus AV-Comparatives and the Institute of Innsbruck was supported by the Austrian government. Testing was conducted every day for several months. System under the protection of seventeen antivirus exposed to thousands of malicious URL-addresses. Using the automated procedure that determines whether the antivirus blocking malicious attacks, missed it or have requested user's discretion.

The full report and comparative analysis of results for 2011 will be published in July.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux

ESET company announced the completion of testing the final release anti-virus package NOD32 Antivirus 4 for Linux Desktop, presented in two versions - for home and corporate users.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux is designed to protect computers running under Linux from viruses, trojans, spyware and other malicious software. The program provides a system scan, heuristic analysis, automatic updates of virus signature database, scheduled scans, as well as the function responsible for the treatment of infected files and the transfer of suspicious objects in quarantine.

A key feature of the package are the underlying antivirus engine "ThreatSense Technology" and "Smart Detection". With these technologies, the program can detect and block as a new cross-platform threat, as well as variations of known viruses.

For corporate customers (users of Business Edition) is available "Remote Administrator" module required for a remote control application on client machines

It is worth noting as well that the interface Antivirus for Linux is translated into 15 languages.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux compatible with operating systems Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, RedHat, SuSE, Ubuntu and many others. Additional product information you can be found on the eset.com

ESET NOD32 Mobile antivirus for OS Symbian (beta)

ESET, an international developer of antivirus software and solutions in the field of computer security, announces the beginning of the beta ESET NOD32 Mobile antivirus for OS Symbian.

Today is a Symbian operating system occupies a leading position among the platforms for mobile devices and is used by more than 20 million smartphones worldwide, including devices from such manufacturers as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, etc. The popularity of Symbian OS has not gone unnoticed by hackers, so phones on the platform were the first victims of virus writers.

ESET NOD32 Mobile - one of the few solutions to protect mobile devices using technologies of proactive protection. Special technology ESET ThreatSenseTM, adapted for mobile devices that allows to recognize not only the well-known malicious software, but also new programs that can harm your mobile device to steal valuable information or to withdraw money from an account user. To protect against advertising messages using user-configurable spam filter. All suspicious files are placed under "quarantine", and the user may choose to restore them or delete them.

Heuristic analyzer ESET NOD32 Mobile scans for malicious code is not only a built-in memory of mobile devices, but also to connect your removable media. Implemented checking the archive files with customizable depth scanning nested archives.

"Creating a version of ESET NOD32 Mobile Antivirus to protect mobile devices on Symbian OS is a logical step, since the operating system remains the most popular platform for smartphones and needs reliable information protection", - said Grigory Vasiliev, technical director of ESET.

Download the beta version of ESET NOD32 Mobile for Symbian OS.

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ESET announces new virus Win32/Induc.A

Virus Win32/Induc.A has no destructive payload, but its original and effective mechanism for distribution is very interesting. First, contamination of the environment is Delphi, resulting in the program compiled on the infected computer, also become carriers of the virus code. Since no financial profit program to bring virus writers can not, apparently, it was created out of academic interest or as a prototype for other malicious software.

The programming language Delphi, mainly used in industries using large databases, for example, in banking. In such organizations Win32/Induc.A received the most distribution.

Early detection of threats ESET ThreatSense.Net recorded more than 30 000 unique samples of malicious software Win32/Induc.A within the first 24 hours after the introduction of the virus signature database August 18, 2009.

«Win32/Induc.A able to infect a large number of PC software developers using Delphi. Despite the fact that we've been proactively recognize this software as malware, many software vendors have ignored the warning ESET NOD32 about a new virus, mistakenly taking him for a false positive. As a result, multiple copies of licensed software, created on infected computers that were sold to users »

- commented the head of the virus laboratory ESET Juraj Malcho.

It is noteworthy that the virus is also distributed with a Trojan program Win32/Spy.Banker. Apparently, the creators of Trojans themselves become victims of the same virus, and the program Win32/Spy.Banker was compiled by hackers in Delphi Win32/Induc.A on infected computers.

Source – ESET.

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Online antivirus scan

Sometimes there is a need to scan your computer for viruses online. I hope this list will help you:

Kaspersky Online Scanner

checks your computer for malicious code using technology Microsoft ActiveX. Using MS Internet Explorer scanner will check your computer in on-line and provide with the same high level of detection, as well as all products «Kaspersky Labs».

When you first start the program installs its components into the system and automatically update antivirus databases.

Panda ActiveScan

Contains a powerful heuristic system, improve the innovation of technology TruPrevent ™ to detect unknown malware.

Updated at least once a day in order to detect the latest viruses and spyware.
You do not need to install any programs, simply connect to the Internet, and click once, you'll need a second opinion on the safety of your computer.

You can run the Panda ActiveScan even more rapidly. You can set a shortcut to your desktop or browser. Or, if you prefer, you can create a shortcut on the Start menu on your computer.

Symantec Security Check

Weak feature of Symantec Security Check is the fact that he could only crawl, but no cure. Module Security Scan is necessary to identify vulnerabilities.

ESET Online Scanner

Scanner from another well-known manufacturer. ESET Online Scanner uses the same ThreatSense ® technology and signatures as ESET Smart Security / ESET NOD32 Antivirus, and is always up-to-date.

BitDefender Online Scanner

Fully functional antivirus product. Provides all the required elements for a complete view of your computer and effective cleaning: scans memory for your system, all files, folders, boot sector, etc.

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