Spybot Search & Destroy updates for March 17, 2010
Spybot Search & Destroy is a free (for personal non-business use) anti-spyware/spyware removal program used by millions of people around the World, to protect their computers from spyware, adware, Trojans and other types of malware. Spybot updates for malware detections are released every Wednesday and this week's updates were released on schedule. If you are using Spybot S&D to protect your computer you should check for updates every Wednesday afternoon and apply all that are available.
Malware writers are constantly modifying their programs to evade detection, so anti-malware vendors have to issue regular updates to keep up with the bad guys. New definitions and false positive fixes for Spybot Search and Destroy are usually released every Wednesday. This week's updates were released on schedule, as listed below. 11 new or modified fake security programs (fraudulent anti virus/spyware) were added to the "Malware" detections, plus 29 new or modified Trojans, rootkits and spam bots were added to the "Trojan" list. These include 2 variants of the infamous Zbot, a.k.a Zeus, banking Trojan.
Note: one + sign before a detection indicates an update to an existing malware family for which previous definitions have been released. Two ++ signs indicate a completely new detection of a new or rewritten malware type.
Definition updates made on 03/17/2010
Adware
++ Ulineguide
Malware
++ Fraud.Antivirus7
++ Fraud.CleanUpAntivirus
++ Fraud.ContentCleaner
++ Fraud.ErrorWiz
++ Fraud.MyComGuard
+ Fraud.MySecurityWall
+ Fraud.PCSecurity2009
++ Fraud.PrivacyOn
++ Fraud.SmartSecurity
+ Fraud.Sysguard
++ Fraud.XPInternetSecurity2010
+ Lop
++ Win32.Downloader.aafm
+ Win32.FraudLoad.edt
Spyware
+ AdRotator
+ Win32.Spynet.a
Trojans
+ Virtumonde.sci
+ Virtumonde.sdn
++ Win32.Agent.ddod
++ Win32.Agent.fla
++ Win32.Agent.shi
+ Win32.Allaple.ab
+ Win32.Ambler
++ Win32.AutoRun.fw
++ Win32.Banker.ju
+ Win32.Banload.up
++ Win32.Clicker.ad
+ Win32.FakeAlert.ttam
+ Win32.FraudPack
++ Win32.IRCBot.sys
+ Win32.Koobface
+ Win32.OnLineGames.down
++ Win32.OnLineGames.mfbh
++ Win32.OnLineGames.mfeg
++ Win32.OnLineGames.mffa
++ Win32.OnLineGames.mffh
++ Win32.OnLineGames.mfgr
++ Win32.Rbot.mum
++ Win32.SdBot.wch
+ Win32.Swisyn
+ Win32.TDSS.rtk (rootkit)
+ Win32.ZBot (a.k.a.: Zeus)
+ Win32.ZBot.rtk (Zeus rootkit)
++ XPInternetSecurity2010.FakeAlert
+ Zlob.PornPassManager
Worm
+ Win32.Amburadul
Total: 2161084 checksums in 812212 rules for 5267 products.
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