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We received a few reports of e-mails advertising the 'quick launch' spyware as an anti virus tool. A typical e-mail reads: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Windows Update Notification WINDOWS SECURITY WARNING!! A VIRUS HAS BEEN DETECTED ON YOUR COMPUTER. IN ORDER FOR YOUR COMPUTER NOT TO CRASH YOU WILL NEED TO GO TO: HTTP://WWW.WINDOWSUPDATENOW.COM AND IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE YOUR COMPUTERS SECURITY PATCHES. SIMPLY TYPE IN HTTP://WWW.WINDOWSUPDATENOW.COM INTO YOUR BROWSER. OTHERWISE YOU WILL KEEP RECEIVING THIS SECURITY ALERT EMAIL EVERY DAY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note the use of a 'plausible' domainname: windowsupdatenow.com **This domain does not belong to Microsoft: ( This Domain is For Sale ) Joshuathan Investments, Inc. 62 Cleghorn Street Belize City, Belize none US Domain Name: WINDOWSUPDATENOW.COM Administrative Contact - This Domain Is For Sale - joshuathaninvest@aol.com ( This Domain is For Sale ) Joshuathan Investments, Inc. 62 Cleghorn Street Belize City, Belize none US Phone - 501-2-31244 Fax - 501-2-34222 Technical Contact - This Domain Is For Sale - joshuathaninvest@aol.com ( This Domain is For Sale ) Joshuathan Investments, Inc. 62 Cleghorn Street Belize City, Belize none US Phone - 501-2-31244 Fax - 501-2-34222 Once you enter on this page it will redirect you to another URL (http://www.quicklaunch.com/perl/detection.pl). When visiting the URL, it will attempt to install the quicklaunch toolbar ( http://download.quicklaunch.com/quicklaunch154.cab ), a known spyware program. Removal instructions are available here: http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/BrowserAid.html |
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