New Spyware Warning
PandaLabs has reported the appearance of a new spyware program:
- Appeared: 12/21/2006
- Name of the new program: Adware/MalwareAlarm (Alias: Win32/Adware.SpySheriff)
- Type: Spyware; Subtype: Adware
- Means of propagation: Download from malicious web pages.
- Distribution: Low.
- Effects: Informs users of the existence of false (non-existent) threats on their computers. This is a strategy to get users to buy a security application that supposedly eliminates these non-existent threats.
- Other features. The spyware goes resident in the computer and, from time to time, shows an on-screen message informing that the system is infected and needs disinfecting.
- Detected by Panda Software solutions: Yes, by the signature file dated 12/21/06
Panda Software will publish updated information about this threat in the Virus Encyclopedia at http://www.pandasoftware.com/com/virus_info/encyclopedia/
Always use effective security solutions to combat spyware. Panda Software products incorporate one of the best anti-spyware technologies on the market, as acknowledged by such prestigious publications as PC World USA or PC Magazine. Also, Panda Software solutions that incorporate the TruPrevent(tm) proactive protection technologies can detect unknown spyware through behavioral analysis, with no need for updates. More information about Panda Software’s anti-spyware technologies at http://www.pandasoftware.com
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