Malware sites for July 30, 2009

I just got some news about a few sites:

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  • husger.info (Scareware, Rogue Antivirus)
  • antivirus-quickscanv5.com ([intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]Personal Antivirus[/intlink])
  • safe-online-scanner.com ([intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]Personal Antivirus[/intlink])

These sites are either claiming you have a virus and are considered either URL Redirects or URL Hijackers.   If these sites keep appearing on your web browsing maybe it is time to do a complete system scan and get that spyware off your system.   Some of these Rogue Antiviruses  may even have a security adviser claiming random sites are infected with viruses or Trojans and claiming they are unsafe.  These sites are either wanting you to isntall the software or trying to sell you the fake product, which will do nothing but harm your system.

Threat to System : Moderate

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Advice : Do a Complete system scan and make sure you don’t have any more hidden malware.

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Some more Malware Sites July 29, 2009

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I’ve done my usual looking around and found some Rogue Antivirus sites that I call scareware:

  • tb2car.com
  • rundaqimao.com
  • shuncheng2car.com
  • dakbesy.cn
  • befynru.cn
  • scanworldwideweb.com

All these sites are scaring users into installing software that does nothing but bothers the users into registering this software. You should not visit these sites are active right now and are spreading the malware and getting people to install malware. If you have installed this scareware software, I would recommend removing with really Antimalware software and not pay for these fake products.

Threat to System : Moderate

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Advice : Do a Complete system scan and make sure you don’t have any more hidden malware.

I recommend :

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Why website should Hide their Affiliate links

Yes you heard me right, lately I’ve been trying to figure out why some of my click were not used in my links. So I went to Google to find the answer. I found the answer to some of this. According to some other websites 40% of affiliate links are stolen or switched with spammers and scammer who are trying to make money. You see the virus writers have been trying to make money with there Fake Antivirus software and they will do anything to earn money. I have also though about how people would boost they have made Millions from Affiliate links and that is where this stilling would happen.

How to make your Affiliate links look like they come from your site:

I decided the easiest way to prevent link theft is create a directory called “go” and then used the program Profit Protector to encrypt and hide my affiliate links.  Then all you have to do is upload the created html file to the “go” directory. for Example:

http://www.affiliatesite.com/product.html?affid=1234

changes to

http://www.mysite.com/go/affiliatesite.html

Now all you have to do is change all your links like the example above and you would use the “http://www.mysite.com/go/affiliatesite.html” for your active link.  This would help reduce programs from stealing your affiliate links with there own.

Has this help my affiliate links?

I would say a most definately yes.   I have been watching the click through rates through my affiliates menu and see a drastic change of people downloading or having a user session with my affiliate links.   I also think this will increase my commission pay out because now people can follow through and buy a product without knowing they have left my site.

Now I won’t argue the ethics of this system because I have worked hard at finding the right affiliates for my niche but in the end, I have no regrets.   I feel this is what I have to make sure my efforts pay off.   After all I’ve done the reviews and that is my payment for doing the reviews.   What do you think?  Is this something you have to do or have done?

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Computer Security : important caveat not all websites are safe

Everyday we’ve seen people get infections on there systems and most don’t understand that they’ve been duped and have installed the software themselves.

In this article we will talk about how most people will willingly install these Trojans and virus themselves for several different reasons.

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These malware authors know all about how people think.    It usually happens when people think they are seeing something provocative and something you can watch in your private homes.   There are several different ways to do this:

  • News stories —  Alas this is always being used to spread malware.   For example Erin Andrews Peephole malware.
  • Fake photos files — This is also a very common ploy, to make people think it is a Photo but in reality it is an Executable.  Example : MichealJackson.JPG.EXE
  • Fake Codecs — You visit what you think is a popular movie and it says you need to install a codec.  This is another way for people to get infected with a Trojan, or a Virus.   For example : [intlink id=”3739″ type=”post”]Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince malware[/intlink].
  • Fake PDF’s —  There have been known exploits in the Adobe Reader and Adobe where a malware author can take control over the pc and install whatever they want into the system.  Example : Attackers Target New Adobe Flash/Reader Flaw

As you can see these are just a few but have been used in the past so it doesn’t mean they won’t be used in the future.   The Malware authors will also use Social sites to infect your pc, Here are a few common ones:

  • You get a message that states “[intlink id=”3662″ type=”post”]Look at this[/intlink]” Most of the twitter users were very curious and had not seen alot of malware on twitter and was very trusting, so they would willingly go to these sites not expecting to get a trojan or virus.
  • You get a message in face book “You look just awesome in this video.”  You try to go to the URL and it says You have to update your flash player.   This is another common way to get the user to install a trojan or virus and think it is a legitimate update.
  • Twitter Spambots —  You get a message about a Registry cleaner but it is a rogue Antivurs.  You down load this software and without thinking run it and your infected.   Twitter and facebook users are to relax to see just how dangerous links can be.

Most or all can be used as email also so you don’t have to be on any site to recieved an attached file with something similar to that you see up there.   You must never download anything you know nothing about and if in doubt scan it with several virus scanners by uploading it to Virustotal that is a good site to see if some well known vendors consider this program or file to be a virus. These were just a few, I am sure I have missed several and will probably hear about this from the users. I encourage people to discuss this and talk about other ways this can happen.

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List of fake Antivirus Sites for July 27, 2009

I have found some other sites that are fake Antivirus:

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  • anti-malware-pro.com (Rouge AntiMalware Software)
  • allowsecurityshield.com ([intlink id=”3713″ type=”post”]Scareware site[/intlink])
  • securedvirusproscanner.com ([intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]Personal Antivirus[/intlink])
  • antivirus-best-scannerv2.com ([intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]Personal Antivirus[/intlink])

Most of these sites try to scare you into either installing software or buying their fake software.   Some of these sites have used exploits to install a Trojan or two to have your browser redirect to these sites.   This means that there might be more than one virus or Trojan on your system

Threat to System : Moderate

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Advice : Do a Complete system scan and make sure you don’t have any more hidden malware.

I recommend :

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