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Jul012010

Don't Get Infected by Twilight Malware - Make Sure You're Protected

DateThursday, July 1, 2010 at 2:48PM | AuthorImmunet Team

It’s no surprise that hackers have piggybacked on the pop culture hoopla surrounding yesterday’s release of the new Twilight installment, “Eclipse.” Fans are eagerly scouring the web for information on the movie, but more than half of the links they’re getting are tainted with malware, according to news reports.

Consider what this means for malware infiltration. If hackers can contaminate more than 50% of links on a particularly hot topic, our vulnerability to viruses is higher than we think. We take for granted that our Internet searches are safe -- after all this is information we’re seeking. It’s not as though we’re clicking on fishy links sent to us via spam. Well, that’s the old way of thinking. In the new world of malware, gaming search engines is a clever way to get savvy web surfers to stumble upon malware. And even if you’re not searching the web for Twilight content, there’s probably someone in your life who is. Are you protected?



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Reader Comments (7)

TrojanSuspect

Suspect a Trojan masquerading under name of SZServer.exe

Involved with StopZilla….[iS3]… Florida address.

C:\Program Files\Common Files\iS3\SZServer.exe

Files are attrib A and R.. [read only] [Can’t delete]

Change Attrib with Dos prompt to -A -R [Now can delete]

SZServer.exe Deleted…but still active in Task Mngr processes??

Search can’t find the active SZServer.exe

Changed Attributes for STOPzilla.exe and removed it as well

STOPzilla does not load now.

Changed Attributes for STOPzillaundelete.exe and deleted it too.

Malwarebytes scan finds nothing bad.

MicroSoft Essentials scan finds nothing bad.

Immunet QuickScan finds nothing amiss.

Yet since there is a hidden app called SZServer.exe running in Task Manager Processes,
I think there is something malicious going on.

At least with STOPzilla removed, SZServer.exe is not the processor hog it was.

TG

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