Trojan - extortionist learned to infect users through the Google search

ESET announced a new method of distribution of Trojan Nymaim, which can block the user's computer in order to demand money for decrypted files.

Since the end of September 2013 has attracted the attention of experts already known malware Nymaim - Trojan with the functions of the blackmailer. Earlier this software infection carried by a known set of attackers exploit - BlackHole, which are used on the computer are vulnerable application or operating system to deliver malicious code. However, recently it was reported that the author of BlackHole kit was detained in Russia. It seems that in this context, hackers have begun using a new way to infect users .

Since the end of September, it was recorded a large number of detections of this malware downloaded using the file browser. The experts found that referral links that lead to the download of malicious files that belong to Google. This means that before infecting the user has entered in a Google-search query and clicks on one of the links in the search results.

According to the survey web pages that initiated the download of malicious code for large-scale contamination attackers used a so-called "Dark search engine optimization" (Black Hat SEO), which is promoted by a specially crafted malicious page in the top issue on popular keywords.

ESET Social Media Scanner

ESET Social Media Scanner - beta version of the free application to protect your profiles on Twitter and Facebook

International antivirus company ESET announces the release of the beta version of ESET Social Media Scanner - a free app for the protection of users of social networks Twitter and Facebook.

The number of incidents involving the theft of accounts and the spread of malicious links in social networks is increasing rapidly.

In this regard, the company has developed anti-virus software ESET Social Media Scanner to protect the accounts of Twitter and Facebook. The solution scans the user profile for malicious links in private messages or comments, thus providing protection against infection.

Setting a Social Media Scanner in the social network Facebook, the user can manually or automatically scan your posts, and chronicling the news feed for malicious links. The solution also ensures the safety profile of Twitter using advanced scanning mechanisms of shortened links and detecting threats.

ESET Family Security Pack 2013

ESET Family Security Pack 2013 - the effective protection of home computers and mobile devices

The company has released a new version of ESET Family Security Pack the product in 2013, the popular set of protection against Internet threats, aimed at the consumer market. With the proposed tool you will be able to ensure the security of computers and mobile devices running on different operating systems.

Every year in your home there are more devices that can access the Internet and their protection from common threats is an increasingly complex and costly task. ESET Family Security Pack 2013 - a robust single solution that protects your computer, smartphone or tablet from viruses, spyware and phishing attacks, and ensures the safety of personal data stored in the memory.

Eset has made rating of virus threats of March

The company Eset, developer of antivirus software and expert in cybercrime and protecting against threats, predstavilp report on the most active threats in March 2013.

As in previous months, Trojan Win32/Qhost tops the list of threats, and far ahead of the other threats "tens". At the same time, its activity continues to decline for the third month, with 15.91% in January to 11.98% in March 2013.

This malicious program provides modified the hosts file to redirect users to phishing resources. Its high activity, primarily associated with a fairly simple technique works, it uses, as well as a wide range of phishing sites.