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Win32/Carberp is one of the latest threats that the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool has evolved to hunt down, according to Shawn Wang, MMPC.
Almost two years after it was initially discovered, the attackers behind Carberp have transformed the malware from a downloader into a banking trojan and user-mode r... |
9 November 2011
08:44 GMT |
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When it first equipped Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) to deal with the PWS:Win32/Zbot malware family, Microsoft managed to clean infections from no less than 444,292 computers in the first month alone. However, security is very much an evolving cat and mouse game, and the cybercriminals behind the password-st... |
2 November 2011
12:01 GMT |
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The latest version of the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) has been updated to tackle two new Trojans families Win32/EyeStye and Win32/Poison, according to the Redmond company. Microsoft has made a tradition out of kicking MSRT up a notch with each Patch Tuesday, and this month it made no exception to the rule.... |
13 October 2011
13:01 GMT |
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An updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is now available for download from the Redmond company for both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions of Windows. Softpedia readers have already been able to read about the Redmond company’s involvement in taking down the Kelihos botne... |
29 September 2011
05:49 GMT |
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Microsoft is preparing to release an update version of the free Malicious Software Removal Tool designed to help identify and clean zombie computers that are part of the Kelihos / Waledac 2.0 botnet.
Richard Domingues Boscovich, Senior Attorney, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit announced on September 27, 2011 that ... |
28 September 2011
12:41 GMT |
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Microsoft has updated one of its free security solutions designed to tackle a specific collection of prevalent malware, adding a fake optimization solution offered for Windows, including Windows 7. Following the latest refresh, introduced earlier this week on Patch Tuesday along with the company’s August 2011 ... |
11 August 2011
09:38 GMT |
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The latest update introduced to the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) is designed to equip the free security solution in order to tackle malicious code designed to hijack web searches that users make and redirect them to sites hosting malware or displaying advertisements. Win32/Tracur and Win32/Dursg are the tw... |
14 July 2011
05:11 GMT |
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The release of the June 2011 security bulletins per the normal Microsoft patch cycle brings with it an updated version of the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT). With the Malicious Software Removal Tool, the software giant is offering Windows users a specialized security tool designed to hunt down specific threa... |
16 June 2011
06:13 GMT |
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The latest release of the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is set up to take on a bot designed to hijack HTTP traffic for several browsers, but also featuring additional malicious capabilities. Dubbed Win32/Cycbot by Microsoft, this piece of malware was apparently christened Gbot by its creators, but it appea... |
10 February 2011
04:56 GMT |
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Concomitantly with the latest security bulletin release, Microsoft has also updated a free security tool designed to tackle a specific list of malware. The latest version of the Malicious Software Removal Tool is now equipped to detect and clean infections involving Win32/Lethic, a Trojan horse set up to connect to ... |
13 January 2011
06:32 GMT |
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One week after ZBot detection was added to Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), the company reports that the threat was found on one in five infected computers.ZeuS is a crimeware kit sold on the underground market. Its modular architecture makes it very flexible and many third-party plug-ins exte... |
19 October 2010
04:35 GMT |
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A free security tool is slaughtering the Zbot botnet, having cleaned the malware responsible for harvesting zombie computers from almost 280,000 machines. Last week, a new version of the Malicious Software Removal Tool was released, updated to tackle Zbot, the 14th largest botnet worldwide. In just a few days,... |
18 October 2010
07:58 GMT |
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After it buried the Waledac botnet last month, Microsoft is gunning for another network of zombie computers this month with an update to the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT). Like Microsoft Security Essentials, the Malicious Software Removal Tool is available free of charge, but unlike MSE, MSRT is only design... |
13 October 2010
10:08 GMT |
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Microsoft has added detection routines for the infamous ZeuS trojan to the new Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) version, delivered via Windows Update yesterday.ZeuS is one of the most prevalent computer trojans and it is commonly used by cyberfraudsters, due to its flexibility and sophisticated information stea... |
13 October 2010
06:46 GMT |
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A rogue application is currently imitating Microsoft's Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) in an attempt to trick users into buying a fake antivirus product.According to reports, once installed on a computer the fake MSRT program displays a window mimicking the Windows update dialog box and makes it a... |
13 August 2010
13:04 GMT |
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Microsoft has updated a free tool it is offering Windows users enabling them to identify and remove infections produced by a specific list of malware in order to tackle some malicious code samples that have become associated with exploits for a recently patched Windows Critical zero-day vulnerability. A new version o... |
11 August 2010
09:57 GMT |
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Microsoft has added detection for a trojan family called Bubnix to the latest version of its Malicious Software Removal Tool. The malware is particularly interesting because it mimics the file header of password-protected RAR archives in order to avoid detection.Most antivirus products offer “smart scan” ... |
15 July 2010
12:08 GMT |
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Microsoft is working to kill a rogue antivirus solution that is spread under a label that’s simply too close for comfort to the company’s own free and legitimate security solution: Microsoft Security Essentials. The software giant first warned of a fake antivirus solution being distributed as Security Ess... |
10 June 2010
11:00 GMT |
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A free Microsoft security solution designed to tackle only specific malicious code examples has been updated to take on a worm with botnet building capabilities. The February 2010 refresh of the Malicious Software Removal Tool, coinciding with this month’s security bulletin releases which patched 26 vulnerabili... |
11 February 2010
07:18 GMT |
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Coinciding with its monthly patch cycle, Microsoft is also updating the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool equipping the security solution to hunt down for additional pieces of malware. Win32/Rimecud is the first malicious code sample added to MSRT in 2010, a rather prevalent family of worms, with a shared pedi... |
13 January 2010
10:01 GMT |
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With the latest update to the Malicious Software Removal Tool, Microsoft is helping customers detect and remove infections produced by one of the most prevalent worms worldwide. According to statistics offered by the Redmond company, via the latest version of the Security Intelligence Report, Worm:Win32/Hamweq is the... |
10 December 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Security researchers from computer software giant CA, formerly known as Computer Associates, warn of a new rogue antivirus application, which masquerades as Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT). In addition, the rogueware makes use of various deceptive techniques to persuade users into acquiring us... |
15 June 2009
05:45 GMT |
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Concomitantly with the June 2009 Microsoft security bulletin releases, the Redmond company has also refreshed the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. This month's update to the Malicious Software Removal Tool involves the addition of yet another rogue antivirus. The software giant's free security solut... |
10 June 2009
05:54 GMT |
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Microsoft has cleaned almost 1 million computers from infections involving password stealing malicious code in just a single week. The Redmond company's Malicious Software Removal Tool managed to remove malware harvesting for accounts/passwords and even credit card information from no less than 860,000 PCs. Acco... |
21 May 2009
04:08 GMT |
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As per tradition, Microsoft's monthly patch package was accompanied in May 2009 by a new release of the Malicious Software Removal Tool. The security solution went live concomitantly with this month's security bulletin release, with Microsoft having added new rogue antiviruses to the list of malicious code ... |
14 May 2009
06:48 GMT |
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On March 10, 2009, Microsoft released its monthly batch of security bulletins. Accompanying the no less than eight patch releases for Windows is a new version of the Malicious Software Removal Tool. The March 2009 version of MSRT is designed to tackle a worm that the software giant has deemed nothing short of anti-so... |
12 March 2009
07:40 GMT |
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The Windows operating system is at the heart of a violent wave of malware referred to as "Storm." Distributed Denial of Service attacks, mass phishing emails, spam, botnets, are just some of the examples of online malicious activity generated as a consequence of the attackers leveraging the Windows Storm malware. Jim... |
24 September 2007
07:31 GMT |
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The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal tool for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 has been updated and made available for download on July 10, 2007. Microsoft emphasized the fact that the tool is by no means a replacement for a full time security solution. In this context, on t... |
11 July 2007
09:31 GMT |
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