Spybot Search and Destroy Definitions Updated on 8/27/2008
If you are using "Spybot Search and Destroy" to protect your PC against spyware infections and haven't updated it this week, be aware that updates to the definition files were released on schedule, on Wednesday this week, as listed below. Spyware and other classes of malicious programs are altered constantly to avoid detection by anti-spyware programs. Since Spybot S&D updates are only released on a weekly schedule (on Wednesdays) it is imperative that you make it a point to check for and download updates every week, preferably on Wednesday evenings. After downloading all available updates (from the best responding download server in the list of server locations), immunize*, then scan for and remove any detected malware. If Spybot is unable to remove an active threat it will ask for permission to run before Windows starts during the next reboot. Spybot will then run a complete scan before your Windows desktop loads, removing malware that has not yet loaded into memory.
If you arrived here by searching for the name of some malware that may be on your computer and you are not currently using Spybot Search and Destroy, you can download the latest version from the Spybot Search and Destroy Multi-Lingual Landing Page. Choose your language, then use the link in the left sidebar to go to the downloads page. Download the program from your closest mirror server, install it, update it (Updates button), then follow the instructions below to detect and remove any malware that is on your PC.
If you see a program listed in the detections below, by name, you should assume that is is malware (with the possible exception of the PUP group, which is up to user discretion). All of the programs listed with a single + sign are updated detections, while a double ++ in front of it's name indicates a brand new detection. A number in parenthesis, following a malware name, indicates the number of variants included in that detection. These programs are dangerous to your computer, and/or personal security or privacy.
* After updating your Spybot S&D definitions, if they include new "immunization" definitions you need to click on the "Immunize" button, then, if the status line tells you that additional immunizations are possible, click on the Immunize link, near the top of the program. It has a green + sign in a button. If you don't do this the new immunizations against hostile ActiveX programs will not be applied. After immunizing with any new detections, run a scan for malware by clicking on the "Spybot Search & Destroy" button, on the left panel, then on the button with the magnifying glass icon, labeled: "Check For Problems."
Spybot Updates - published every Wednesday
News Flash!
Spybot Search and Destroy 1.6 was released on July 8, 2008. Upgrade now! Read more about it in my extended comments.
Additions made on August 27, 2008:
Adware
++ BannerStyles.Optimizer
++ RXToolbar
+ SmartShopper
+ Zango
+ Zango.ShoppingReport
++ MorpheusToolbar
Hijackers
++ CoolWWWSearch.Aff.Madfinder
Keyloggers (Keyloggers steal your typed logins and passwords)
+ Ardamax
Malware (Includes rogue or fake anti-virus and anti-spyware programs and fake registry cleaners and fake security alerts, plus other nasty programs)
++ Fakealert.gen
+ Fraud.XPAntivirus
+ Fraud.Antivirus2008
+ IEDefender
+ MalwareProtector2008
++ WinDefender
+ WinSpywareProtect
++ XPSecurityCenter
PUPS (Possibly Unpopular Software or Unwanted Programs)
++ Joke.FakeFormat
++ WildTangent
Security
+ Microsoft.Windows.AppFirewallBypass
Spyware
+ ShopAtHome
Trojans (Trojans come to you disguised as something useful, or as a missing codec required to view a spammed video, but, like the Trojan Horse of antiquity, they hold dangerous contents that cause great harm!)
++ CSR.tr
++ Fraud.AntiSpyware2008XP
++ Fraud.Installer.as
+ Hupigon13
+ Smitfraud-C.MSVPS
+ Virtumonde.dll
+ Virtumonde.prx
+ Virtumonde.sci
+ Virtumonde.sdn
+ Win32.Agent.bm
++ Win32.Agent.cui
++ Win32.Agent.dj.rtk
++ Win32.Agent.rso
++ Win32.Agent.uzf
++ Win32.AutoRun.bck
+ Win32.BHO.je
++ Win32.Brontok.q
++ Win32.Bzub.fh
++ Win32.Delf.vb
++ Win32.Disabler.i
+ Win32.Exchanger.ch
++ Win32.Injecter.adv
++ Win32.Mutant.yf
+ Win32.Poison.k
++ Win32.ShowPass
++ Win32.Small.aafc
++ Win32.VB.el
++ Wukill.B
+ Zlob.Downloader.Gen
++ Zlob.Downloader.mot
++ Zlob.rtk
Worms
+ Win32.Socks.T (1471)
Total: 1188431 fingerprints in 286605 rules for 4213 products.
If you are still using Spybot S&D 1.3, or 1.4, update support is about to end and your computer will be at greater risk because of having out-dated definitions.
If you are using any version older than 1.6 please upgrade to the current version of Spybot S&D, which is now 1.6.0.30, as soon as possible. New definitions for malware like the Virtumonde family of Trojans need the newer processing technologies introduced in version 6.0.
If your computer gets stuck in a logon/logoff loop, after updating and scanning with the older versions of Spybot, visit this forum page for a solution, from Team Spybot.
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