prismxl.sys

February 2, 2010 9:38:40 AM CET

Be careful on help files – The other day, I came across a malware that attempts to hide its infection not in that technical but in the very unique way. “Muster” is a family of backdoor which has been using help files for hiding themselves. The help files or “.hlp” files are data files designed to be viewed with Microsoft WinHelp browser [...]

September 28, 2009 1:21:14 PM CEST

Trojan Downloader.Agent.UZM – A new Trojan Downloader was spammed today. Trojan is attached in zip archive to emails in HTML format with subject "Hot game" and body text that claims some Angelina Jolie or Lara Croft undressing game. xgame.zip attachment contains xgame.exe (20992B) which drops executes and deletes kernel driver C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\runtime.sys and downloads another downloader smartdrv.exe. runtime.sys runs injects and hides Iexplore.exe process and downloads another components. xgame.exe is detected as Trojan Downloader.Agent.UZM, smartdrv.exe is detected as Trojan Downloader.Agent.UZN, runtime.sys is detected as Trojan Downloader.Agent.THW and other downloaded components are detected as several variants of Trojan Backdoor.Ntrootkit.

April 23, 2010 10:23:03 PM CEST

Will A Return to Puritanism Stop Sexting? – I want to address the issue of sexting among three groups of people: youth, celebrities and employees. It’s clear to me that we have crossed a cultural boundary somewhere. Sexting has become a normal and accepted behavior. “Normal” in that it’s engaged in and celebrated by many of its practitioners. It can be “accepted” behavior when mainstream publications laud those who use it to solidify their committed relationships. Sexting can also be illegal, embarrassing and downright stupid. It’s a confusing mess, isn’t it?

December 7, 2009 3:12:09 PM CET

chkdsk issue with Windows 7 – fixed – For those who experienced an issue with Avira AntiVir in Windows 7, we now ship the new version of the driver avgntflt.sys via automatic update. The situation where running Avira AntiVir in Windows 7 in some cases lead to a hard disk check with chkdsk upon a reboot shouldn’t appear anymore. As user of Avira AntiVir [...]

March 24, 2010 1:00:00 AM CET

Trojan.Patchep!sys – Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

July 21, 2003 2:00:00 AM CEST

Microsoft Windows RPCSS DCOM Interface Denial of Service Vulnerability – Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft RPCSS service prone to a denial of service; other services dependant on RPCSS may be affected.

January 5, 2004 1:00:00 AM CET

Linux Kernel do_mremap Function Boundary Condition Vulnerability – Type: Vulnerability. The Linux kernel does not do sufficient bounds checking in the do_mremap function, allowing for local privilege escalation.

February 10, 2004 1:00:00 AM CET

Microsoft Windows Internet Naming Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability – Type: Vulnerability. Windows Internet Name Service is vulnerable to a remote buffer overflow; denial of service or code execution is possible.

June 8, 2010 2:00:00 AM CEST

Microsoft Windows Kernel 'Win32k.sys' TrueType Font Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability – Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

April 13, 2004 2:00:00 AM CEST

Microsoft Windows RPCSS Service Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability – Type: Vulnerability. It has been reported that the Microsoft Windows RPCSS service is prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability.

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