Ymeak Worm : the Masquerade

BitDefender virus analysts warn users of P2P networks of a new threat.
The Ymeak.A worm has been spreading like wildfire, in part due to a
simple yet effective social engineering technique: it masquerades as
an installer executable of some popular program.

When it is first run, the worm displays a message ('The setup file is
corrupted') to lull the user into a false sense of security. It then
proceeds to download and install the RBot trojan. This done, the
trojan begins to spread itself from the victim's computer using any
of five file-sharing networks (Limewire, Shareaza, Bearshare,
Morpheus or Morpheus Ultra) as a vector and a new name.

"The bit of evil genius here is that the name for each new copy of the
worm is chosen at random from certain torrent and direct download
sites. This way, the worm will always have an attractive name, so
people will attempt to download and run it." declared Head of
Antivirus Lab Viorel Canja for BitDefender.

BitDefender users are not at risk and should let BitDefender antivirus
disinfect the infected files (if any are found).

Vista zero-day exploit code blocked.

Malware exploiting the latest unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Windows has been found in the wild and blocked by BitDefender.Microsoft has not yet released a patch for the flaw which leaves Windows users vulnerable to attacks in the form of malicious e-mails or crafted web pages.



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BitDefender has launched the support forums

We are glad to announce you that starting from today you, all our users, fans and helpers, have a place to get all the information and the support you need in one place. We hope that this forum will be a good place for finding support and general discussions for all of you.



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BitDefender Mail Server Products Twin for Beta

BitDefender Security for Exchange and BitDefender Security for Mail Servers (Windows) betas on. Most thorough beta testers to win a professional notebook, a smart phone, four mp3 players and 10 licenses for BitDefender Security for File Servers.



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BitDefender Achieves Checkmark Premium Certification

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – January 4, 2006 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, today announced that its anti-spam engine has been awarded the Checkmark PC anti-spam certification by independent UK certification outfit West Coast Labs. By blocking 97 percent of all spam during the certification p



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Poison Valentine

BitDefender® Labs issued a warning today stating that new variants of the Peed trojan are being heavily seeded by use of spam e-mail with Valentine's Day - related subjects and bodies. The messages have titles like 'Happy Valentine's Day' and contain executable attachments which are actually trojans.



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AMD's 'Frantic Price Cuts' May Pressure Intel

Price competition is sparking up again between the world's largest chip makers, Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD).



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