Warning on Malicious Bot Hitting Banks

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1. Warning on Malicious Bot Hitting Banks Security firm claims 'Metafisher' has spread to a million computers and growing.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Security Firm Caulks Sendmail Exploit Sendmail plugs a hole that will a perpetrator take control of computers.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Can IE Bug Do More Than Crash Browsers? It's unclear whether the flaw could lead to drive-by attacks.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Your Money or Your Data AntiOnline Spotlight: What's worse than losing your data to malware? Paying a ransom to get it back.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Big Ads Add to Adware, Spyware New report targets advertisers doing business with 180solutions.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 6. 3/23: Multidr-FJ Trojan Creates New FIles Troj/Multidr-FJ is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 7. 3/23: Sdbot-BDV Worm and Backdoor Trojan W32/Sdbot-BDV is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 8. 3/23: Kakkeys-C Trojan Releases Info Trojan-Kakkeys-C is a Trojan horse that attempts to release sensitive information using bulletin boards and the Winny file-sharing network.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 9. 3/23: Kakkeys-D Trojan uses File Sharing Trojan-Kakkeys-D is a Trojan Horse that attempts to release sensitive information to predetermined bulletin boards via the Winny file-sharing network.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 10. 3/23: Beagle-DZ Worm Spreads Via File Sharing W32.Beagle-DZ is a worm that spreads through file-sharing networks.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 11. 3/23: Haxdoor-BH a Backdoor Trojan Troj/Haxdoor-BH is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 12. 3/23: Sdbot-BBA Worm Has Backdoor For the second time in less than a month, antivirus vendor Sophos has issued an alert for W32/Sdbot-BBA, a worm with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 13. 3/23: Symbos-Conwar-E a Symbian Malware Symbos-Comwar-E is Symbian malware that propagates by sending copies of itself to other mobile devices via Bluetooth.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 14. 3/23: Goldun-K Trojan Steals Information Trojan-Goldun-K is a Trojan horse program that steals passwords and account information and sends the information to a remote attacker.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 15. 3/23: Abwiz-F Trojan Has Rootkit Abilities Trojan-Abwiz-F is a Trojan horse with rootkit abilities that downloads and executes remote files and sends confidential computer information to a remote attacker.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 16. 3/23: Swizzor-AW Trojan Downloads Adware Troj/Swizzor-AW is a Trojan that downloads and installs advertising software.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 17. 3/23: Rontokbr-A Worm Harvests Emails W32/Rontokbr-A is a worm for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 18. 3/23: Clagger-M Trojan May Arrive as Spam Troj/Clagger-M is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 19. 3/22: Corpse-A a Proxy Trojan Troj/Corpse-A is a proxy Trojan.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 20. 3/22: JS-Flumita-A is Malicious JavaScript JS-Flumita-A is malicious JavaScript that spreads via spammed email messages.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 21. 3/22: Rbot-I Worm Exploits Flaws W32/Rbot-I is a worm for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 22. 3/22: Hearse-A Trojan Drops Other Trojans Troj-Hearse-A is a Trojan that drops TSPY_HEARSE.A and RTKT-HEARSE.A.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 23. 3/22: Adware-RBTeam an Adware Program Adware-RBTeam is not a virus or a Trojan but an adware program that may have legitimate uses in contexts where an authorized administrator has knowingly installed this application.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 24. 3/22: Tilebot-EE a Worm and IRC Trojan W32/Tilebot-EE is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

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