Tuesday, February 3, 2009

IEDef family

IEDef family Codec has been update, it installs a file with semi-random filename composed from a dictionary:
v, c, u, o, s, x, ext, it

Possible filenames:
vusext.dll, vusit.dll, vuxext.dll, vuxit.dll, vosext.dll, vosit.dll, voxext.dll, voxit.dll, cusext.dll, cusit.dll, cuxext.dll, cuxit.dll, cosext.dll, cosit.dll, coxext.dll, coxit.dll

It displays alert messages with popups that download WinDefender 2009 or IE-Security:


and alerts messages that redirect to fake online scanner.


It also modifies Google result, and drops Internet Shortcut on the desktop, Favorites, Start Menu: Cheap Pharmacy Online.url, Cheap Software.url, MP3 Download.url, Search Online.url, SMS Trap.url and VIP Casino.url

Use SmitfraudFix to remove the infection.