Nifty, the Windefender 2008 has a pretty little sidebar to add to the illusion that it’s a normal product (Windefender isn’t itself a new rogue security program, we just thought the sidebar was something interesting).
Along with the usual fake scanning application:
Sites Associated:
207.226.179.163 webscanneronline. com
207.226.179.163 internetscannerlive. com
207.226.179.162 win-defender. com
207.226.179.166 update1.win-defender. com
207.226.179.148 registerwindefender. com
Fake 404 page pushing scam:
dns-problem. com/?sid=ar&gid=ma
Online scanner scam
update1.win-defender. com/scanner/scanner.php
Running the free VIPRE trial will remove this threat from a computer.
Alex Eckelberry
(thanks, Patrick Jordan)