FakeAV, Rogue AV, Rogue Antivirus, Fake Antivirus, Rogue Security Software, Scareware.
Different Security Vendors call them by different names. Simply put, these FAKEAV’s are malicious programs and software packages that mislead users by mimicking legitimate antivirus (AV) programs and giving false warnings (that the machine/ PC that they are using are infected by malware, viruses, spyware and lots of other bad stuffs)… Read the rest of this entry »
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Antivirus, TrendLabs
I got some notification that SiteAdvisor, Mcafee’s website safety reporting services have a rating for my blog.
Ok the rating for menardconnect.com is check and green, which means that this site is safe to browse.
SiteAdvisor also noted that I have online affiliation with Nuffnang PH
Blog Experiences, Technology
Antivirus, Nuffnang, siteadvisor
Everybody here in RSA 2010 are talking about the Cloud and Cloud Security!!! Whooah! I’m very glad that my company (Trend Micro) have a good head-start on this topic!!! (trying to relive my FUNtastic skit adlibs)
I would like to share some random pics I shot In the RSA 2010 Conference here at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. I will make it six random pics in the… Read the rest of this entry »
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Antivirus, Conference
Note: The article below was published in TrendLabs Malware Blog on November 23, 2009.
Spoofed Trend Micro Email Leads to Phishing Site
by Menard Osena (Solutions Product Manager)
Trend Micro threat analysts recently unearthed spammed messages that purported to have come from Trend Micro. Targeting trusted organizations is not an uncommon technique, used by cybercriminals when carrying out spam campaigns. In this case, the malicious… Read the rest of this entry »
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Antivirus, TrendLabs
I was browsing the web and noted that a lot of blogs and news sites have posting on the iphone virus and iphone hacking topic. I was intrigued so I did some researching and some connecting of the dots: this week is Black Hat Security Conference week and somebody must have demo’d some iphone hacking stuffs. My guess was right 
quoting Cnet News
LAS VEGAS–Researchers have discovered a… Read the rest of this entry »
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Antivirus, iPhone
A follow-up post on my Downad Conficker April 1 article series.
The D-Day has passed and it is good to hear that there were no major devastating issues related to Downad. But as Mad-Eye Moody of the Harry Potter series would say “Constant Vigilance!”. Nuff said
Below is an interesting article from ZDNET blogs. If you like some visualization to know if you are infected by… Read the rest of this entry »
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Antivirus
As promised on my earlier Downad, Conficker and April 1 post, I will be doing an update when I have some new information on this issue. So here it is:
Quoting Trend Micro Malware Blog:
Trend Micro is part of the Conficker Working Group, also called the Conficker Cabal. As part of this group, we must continue to set straight misconceptions surrounding DOWNAD/Conficker and what it’s set… Read the rest of this entry »
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Antivirus
A friend asked me about the conficker/downad malware on our yahoogroups. I replied that since I am not allowed to do official PR’s (Press Releases) on this issue, I will just post some publicly available articles related to the conficker/downad malware (and some of my personal opinions if I will have some extra time). So here we go:
First some definitions.
Downad is a malware. Different AV (Antivirus/Internet Security)… Read the rest of this entry »
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Antivirus
Today is Inauguration Day of Barack Obama, President of the United States of America. There are many sites out there offering live video coverage and all those free stuffs. But one last reminder: please be careful, some of these sites may be scam sites or worst… they have redirects to malicious content (read: malware).
TrendLabs reported a noticeable malware activities related to Barack Obama and his inauguration day. The… Read the rest of this entry »
Blog Experiences, Politics
Antivirus, Obama
Trend Micro reported that there is new malware called JS_DLOAD.MD found in the wild that exploits a vulnerability of Internet Explorer 7(IE7) browser. The report mentioned that the malicious file was uploaded to several websites (albeit unknowingly) and if downloaded by users will then download several other malware including some Trojan Spyware that steals account information for popular online games (Lineage and Legend of Mir) and a rootkit. More… Read the rest of this entry »
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Antivirus, IE7
