“Malware or Advertising item was detected by Antivirus’09!” is a popup coming from a rogue security application Antivirus’09. Full message reads:
15 Apr
Downloader.Small-772 is athreat being issued by one of the Antivirus’09 popup on infected computer. Downloader.Small-772 is a non-existent threat, rather a result of self-generated scan by this rogue program.
9 Apr
“Update Available” is a popup message being issued by rogue program WinPC Antivirus. The message reads:
“Update available. WinPC Antivirus has detected that new threat database is available. Would you like to download and install update now? Installation is recommended.”
9 Apr
“Firewall Warning” is a popup messages created by the bogus security program WinPC Antivirus. Firewall Warning full messages states…
7 Apr
Message Box Object Error is another method for the spammers to mislead computer users into downloading a fake codec or ActiveX Object required to view a multimedia files. The whole message reads:
4 Apr
“Foobar has encountered a problem and needs to close.” is an error report message from computers that got infected by a W32.Relnek.A. The worm is said to crash the computer while it tries to infect the files causing an error message that reads:
Foobar has encountered a problem and needs to close.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
If [...]
2 Apr
System Protector is issuing a “System Warning” message to get attention of computer users about this rogue program. Computer who have this warning message indicates that they are already infected with a trojan downloader.
“Alert! Your PC is at risk of virus and spyware attack.” is a popup message originating from a trojan that was created to convince computer users to download System Security. The full message reads…