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Skynet Rootkit – When Malware with Movie Names Attack!

By malwarekilla on August 13, 2009 in rootkits

No, the global A.I. network of man killing machines from the Terminator movie is not on your computer, it’s just a browser redirection rootkit. Figure 1 – The Skynet Rootkit I went over Tom’s house last night on the report that he couldn’t run a quick scan with SuperAntiSpyware (his box blue screened with a [...]

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Free Rootkit Removal Programs

By malwarekilla on July 7, 2009 in Anti-Malware HowTo, rootkits

This is a quick post on free rootkit removal. I get 5-10 emails a day on how to remove rootkits, so I’m hoping this will answer a few of those. Rootkits can be removed for free with: 1. A Bootable AntiVirus Disc (like the Avira free rescue cd). Rootkits reside in the system32 folder, so [...]

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New Generation of Rogue Antivirus Prevent Browsing

By malwarekilla on February 13, 2009 in Anti-Malware HowTo, Anti-Malware News, Anti-Malware Tools, Rogue Anti-Malware, rootkits

As you can see by the screen shot below, a rogue antivirus program called Spyware Protect 2009 has blocked my attempt to browse the internet either by direct URL navigation or via search engine queries. Spyware Protect 2009 is just one example, I’ve seen over a dozen rogues that come bundled with TDSSERV rootkits (the [...]

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