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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 272 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: the monaronadona extortion scam comments Discuss  
Online tech support forums are starting to light up over an increasing number of PCs sickened by something called the "MonaRonaDona virus," a piece of malware that threatens to trash host computers. As it happens, MonaRonaDona appears to be a relatively innocuous invader that was created to scare people into purchasing a fake new anti-virus product. I first read about MonaRonaDona in a discussion thread over at the excellent DSL Reports Security Forum, where members...Please click on the title to continue read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 272 days ago
Via: http://www.symantec.com | Tags: monaronadona pure social engineering scam comments Discuss  
We have analysed samples of malware that is calling itself 'MonaRonaDona', and is creating a buzz on Internet forums. In a nutshell, it seems the sole purpose of the malware is to prompt the user to enter the term "MonaRonaDona" into a search engine. This is an attempt to lead them to an application that can remove the unwelcome threat - a fix that has obviously been conveniently provided by the very people who created the virus in the first place. When the Trojan executes, it creates the file SRVSPOOL. read more »
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