VirusRescue Becomes VirusBurst?

Chris Boyd of RealTechNews writes:

Not so long ago, I covered a “rogue security application” called VirusRescue - rogue, because it relied on misleading advertising to convince you to buy it and (more often than not) appeared on a system via a hijack. Well, after the product received a thorough beating from numerous sites, it looks like VirusRescue has died a death, only to be quickly replaced by… VirusBurst!

This latest incarnation currently uses the C:\Windows\System32\eowygj.dll file to infect you. Once loaded it will download VirusBurst and install the software without permission while displaying fake security alerts… One of the things I find most amusing about these programs are that they detect the file that is used to download and install it as a Trojan. [Source: Bleeping Computer Blog]

We Say: What I particularly love about these programs is that their creators always claim they have no relation to Spywarequake, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, and all the other wonderful variants floating around the Web. However, as you can see here, I point out that the company kind of goofed when it created the EULA for this program. Though you can plainly see the words “VirusBurst” on the EULA box, the text inside the box mentions Spywarequake repeatedly.

Whoops, anyone?

As a final thought, think of the mayhem caused for people writing about this stuff by all the name-changing antics (woe is me)! In this one writeup alone, I accidentally called it VirusBlip, VirusBlow, VirusBlast, and about a dozen other names before I gave it a final checking over.

Coming soon to a PC near you - Super Monkey Virus Blasting Blowout…

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