| Worm in alleged coupons of McDonald’s and Coca Cola
04 December 2008 – A new scam is trying to persuade Internet users to infect their computers. Virus writers are sending fake coupons by email for Coca Cola and McDonald’s.
Faked email blockings contain Trojan
03 December 2008 – Avira issues a warning about a mass mail that threatens to block emails – and tries to foist a Trojan on the user.
Net videos promote Trojan video player
26 November 2008 – Avira researchers are seeing an increasing number of video file sharing networks on the Internet that try to get the user to download a fake video player.
Avira issues a warning about polymorphous harmful PDFs
5 November 2008 - The virus analysts at the IT security company Avira warn users against enhanced exploit kits that generate polymorphous harmful PDF files.
Faked anti-virus solution develops in to a plague
29 August 2008 – A fake anti-virus solution that reporst phantasy threats is currently spreading massively and causing annoying alerts. AntiVir protects computers against the phantasy program.
Avira warns online gamers: be careful with add-ons and automatic game updates
30 July 2008 – Online games are popular, but gamers are frequently the target of cyber criminals.
A backdoor in an alleged Customs declaration
25 July 2008 – Avira warns of bogus mail from Customs: instead of opening the corresponding form the user opens the door for a Trojan which then infects the computer.
"Storm Worm" announces a monetary reform in North America
22 July 2008 – Storm Worm has a new trick focussed on American internet users.
Harmful PDF files have no chance with Avira
21 July 2008 – Avira’s AntiVir is among the few anti-virus solutions that successfully detects harmful PDF documents.
Trojan advertises help but is really malware
16 July 2008 – Instead of a route planner or a template for applications, hostile websites are distributing malware which reroutes page views to alien servers and in doing this pop-ups advertising.
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