"Week by week, cybercriminals dress one of their infamous creations in a different costume, VirusBuster's experts report. The malware Trojan.FraudLoad has been distributed in e-mail messages pretending to have come from DHL, Facebook, Microsoft, and then, most recently, the user's own internet provider."The latest scam is more dangerous than the previous ones, because the messages carrying the malicious load are customized", warns Gábor Szappanos, the head of VirusBuster's virus lab. "According to the text, the settings of one of the user's mailboxes have been changed, and the new parameters can be found in the attached .zip file. The disguise looks quite authentic, since the message contains the domain name of the user's e-mail address, e.g. the copies trapped by VirusBuster referred to addresses ending in virusbuster.hu."
In reality, the attached .zip file contains the malware called Trojan.FraudLoad, a malicious program belonging to the class of trojan downloaders. Trojans are programs, which pretend to serve users, but in fact they are designed to cheat them. Once installed, a downloader will download other malware on the victim's machine.
Therefore, the Hungary-based specialist of computer security advises users not to open the attachment of such messages. "As always, we strongly recommend users to keep their antivirus program up-to-date, and install security patches as soon as they are released by software vendors", adds Gábor Szappanos.
About VirusBuster Ltd.
With its over 15 years of experience, VirusBuster Ltd. has international reputation in the field of IT security. Based in Budapest, Hungary, the company delivers full-fledged anti-virus and other security solutions on all major platforms to its customers on five continents. Virusbuster’s software has been recognized with numerous prizes and certificates from many independent testing organizations. Its flagship product, VirusBuster Professional, has won several “Virus Bulletin 100%” awards, “Checkmark Anti-Virus Level One” and “CheckVir” certifications. It received the “Desktop/Server Anti-Virus Detection” certification, and, in 2007 and 2008, the “Desktop/Server Anti-Virus Cleaning” certification from ICSA Labs.
The company also attained OESISOK certification in 2008, which proves that its applications are fully interoperable with the network devices of market-leading technology vendors, such as Cisco, Juniper, NORTEL, 3Com and F5, and they are compatible with network protection (endpoint health validator) systems, including NAP, NAC and TNC.
VirusBuster’s experts have gained worldwide recognition, and are regular presenters at international conferences. CEO Julianna Bozsó received the “The IT Director of 2008 award” from the Hungarian Association of IT Companies (IVSZ).
The company was awarded the “Innovative business solution” prize in 2003, and was named as an “IT Hopeful” in 2004. It won two “Distinguished Software Exporter” titles from IVSZ. VirusBuster has been certified as meeting the ISO 9001:2001 quality assurance standard since 2005. In 2009, the company's web store earned a "Fair Business" certificate, and VirusBuster was awarded Hungary's Business Ethics Prize."
Source: VirusBuster
26.02.2010