Monday, November 14, 2005

Do you laugh or just cry?

We have received emails from end-users concerned that we�re �not getting "W32.Sinnaka.A@mm�.

Here�s one such email from a user:

Contact name: (masked)
Contact email: (masked)

Spyware was found here:
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Brief description of spyware:

Microsoft Security Center is reporting the following spyware that your software is not picking up:

W32.Sinnaka.A @mm


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There are also forum posts such as this one.

Of course, this is utter nonsense. It�s coming from bogus security sites like syserrors(dot)com, warningmessage(dot)com, and security2k(dot)net, trying to foist off rogue security software:

Fakesecurity1afasdfasdf

Fak34aadfadfasdf

Fake1234asdfasdf

Be wary of these sites.

Alex Eckelberry
(Thanks Adam Thomas, Patrick Jordan from the Sunbelt Spyware Research Team)

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