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Security => Security Alerts & Briefings => Topic started by: Frands on March 10, 2008, 09:21:53 PM

Title: Registry Clean Fix
Post by: Frands on March 10, 2008, 09:21:53 PM
QuoteMonaRonaDona may be far from the thought of a wild combination of popular women paintings than initially thought, but this nifty little malware has been making headlines in security Web sites for the last couple of days, bringing to light the latest "artistic" persuasion only a social engineer scammer will attempt to pull off.
Unconfirmed reports of initial infection happens when users click on a certain ad banner for Registry Clean Fix, a possible rogue program, to initiate stealth download of MonaRonaDona onto a system. The malware remains inactive (and impervious to detection) until users restart their systems. Mona then displays a message upon startup, aiming to introduce itself to the user and at the same time pique his/her interest

Read on:
http://blog.trendmicro.com/the-art-drama-and-sophistication-of-monaronadona/