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Pedro Bueno is a Security and Malware Researcher at McAfee Labs for almost 5 years. He also has a volunteer job at the SANS ...

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Brazilian Malware Writers Stumble Again

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 9:47am by Pedro Bueno
Pedro Bueno

I like to pick on malware writers, especially the dumb ones as you can see here. Sometimes they’re just too big a target to ignore.

The latest round is with Brazilian malware writers again. As you are aware, some days ago the Delphi virus was discovered; we detect it as W32/Induc. So today I got a Brazilian PWS-banker malware that was infected with–guess what?–the W32/Induc delphi virus! What an irony. :)

Back in 2007, I wrote about something quite similar here. And, surprise, it was another Brazilian PWS-banker malware.

So, please, malware writers, repeat after me: “I must install anti-virus software. I must install anti-virus software.”

Today, you can buy a customized Brazilian PWS-banker malware for about US$50. That may explain why it is so cheaply made. :)

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