Worm Virus Twitter Scam Push Rogue !
Jan 22, 2011
Thousands of Twitter users are believed to have been struck with malicious links tied to a rogue anti-virus hoax circulating the microblog service. Scam is spreading malicious links goo.gl wrong URL shortening services. According to Kaspersky Lab, malicious links to redirect users to different areas with "m28sx.html page. This is an HTML page directs users to a static domain, the Ukrainian top-level domain. From there, the blog of Senior Research Kaspersky Lab Malware Researcher Scientist Nicolas Brulez, the domain name directs the user's IP address, press the fake antivirus. "Once on this site," Burn blog, "I [a] warning that your machine is running suspicious applications and invite you to explore. ... The user is prompted to remove all threats to your computer and download a fake antivirus application [sic] called "Safety Shield." Del Harvey, Director of Trust and Security on Twitter, tweeted about the day that the company aims to remove the ...