New Malware Overwrites Software Updaters 78
itwbennett writes "Researchers at Bach Khoa Internetwork Security (BKIS), a Vietnamese security company, have found a new type of malware that 'masks itself as an updater for Adobe Systems' products and other software such as Java,' wrote BKIS analyst Nguyen Cong Cuong in a post on the company's blog. BKIS showed screenshots of a variant of the malware that imitates Adobe Reader version 9 and overwrites the AdobeUpdater.exe, which regularly checks in with Adobe to see if a new version of the software is available."
Irony: Adobe and Java updaters targeted (Score:5, Insightful)
I've always filed the original forms of both these aggressive updaters under malware anyway...
That's a Good Idea (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Irony: Adobe and Java updaters targeted (Score:1, Insightful)
How is that ironic?
Re:Adobe was removed 3 years ago (Score:3, Insightful)
You're going to stop using Java because you just heard about someone making malware that pretends to be the updater ...
If you're going to stop using any software package that has been used as a facade for a malware infection that you probably just need to stop using your computer now, I don't know of an OS that hasn't been attacked with a fake dialog trying to trick a user.
Re:I'm torned (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Irony: Adobe and Java updaters targeted (Score:4, Insightful)
I've always filed the original forms of both these aggressive updaters under malware anyway...
Agreed.
I always disable automatic updating on everything I can... And then I'll manually check it once a month or so.
I realize I'm probably missing some updates, and probably vulnerable to some threats... But I just hate logging in to my computer and getting bombarded with four or five different update notices.
Re:i had a bout of paranoia where i imagined this (Score:2, Insightful)
But then how would the apps use their fancy new updater with the "purchase premium version" and other nonsense advertisements for toolbars and other bullshit?
Adobe (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:I'm torned - going offtopic (Score:2, Insightful)
I completely neutered my copy of Adobe.
Just curious, instead of going to all that trouble, why wouldn't something like Foxit be simpler and easier with similar results?