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Vundo starts promoting a new batch of rogues

#1 User is offline   Grinler 

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Posted 07 March 2009 - 01:03 PM

There has been an update on the rogue security software that the Vundo Trojan has started promoting. The rogues of choice for Vundo are now Malware Defender 2009, Antivirus XP Pro, and VirusRemover2009. These rogues are advertised by Vundo hijacking your desktop wallpaper, adding security warnings at the top of Internet Explorer, and by displaying fake security alerts from the Windows taskbar.




Malware Defender 2009
Malware Defender 2009



AntivirusXP Pro
Antivirus XP Pro



VirusRemover2009
VirusRemover2009

We have removal guides for all three of these infections below:

 Guide: Learn how to remove Malware Defender 2009 (Removal Guide)
 Guide: How to remove Antivirus XP Pro or AntivirusXP Pro (Uninstall Instructions)
 Guide: How to remove VirusRemover2009 (Uninstall Instructions)


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Posted 08 March 2009 - 09:32 AM

Wow, Vundo really wants to get some people super mad and just wants them to pull their eyes out.. This is getting bad.
Who said I couldn't have everything?

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Posted 09 March 2009 - 10:24 AM

dam vundo...

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Posted 09 March 2009 - 12:51 PM

what a nightmare ..wake me up,seems like all the fixes get rid of the stuff that vundo adds but you cant get rid of vundo...ouch

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Posted 09 March 2009 - 02:54 PM

What a pain?!?! Thanks for the write-up.
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