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AUTOMATICALLY INSTALLES SECURITY TOOLS

Updated: 03 Jun 2010 | 7 comments
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IN ONE OF MACHINES IN OUR LAN, WE HAVE SEEN THAT  SECURITY TOOL IS INSTALLED that display fake security warnings and promote SecurityTool malware AND and constantly display warnings/notifications about serious security threats and privacy issues.It shows that you have to purchase the software.What can I do for that?

Soumya

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2009
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these are fake security

these are fake security software.
usually they get installed and shows the system as infected and ask to purchase the product.

You need to install and use the software from reputed security vendor.

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these are fake security

these are fake security software.
usually they get installed and shows the system as infected and ask to purchase the product.

You need to install and use the software from reputed security vendor.

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It's not a solution. how can

It's not a solution. how can I remove and make the system secured..

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ensuring system installed and

ensuring system installed and updated with AV, system updated Microsoft patches.

Hardening the system.

There could be the software, which might have already installed, check in add remove program to uninstall.

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2009
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If the existing Defs doesn't

If the existing Defs doesn't clean the infection
Contact Tech Support and they can assist you in collecting and analysing the Logs of the system.
If it is a new varient, we have to submit the files and they will come up with defs

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2009
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We have the same problems

We have the same problems too.  I don't understand why SEP doesn't block these very annoying programs that just try to get people to purchase some crap software.  The only solution I have found so far, is if you have a server running, then add the MD5 checksum of the files to application blocking.  My only guess that they are not blocked by SEP, is because they install like any other normal program.  Maybe because they don't do any harm except cause annoying popup fake scans.  What sucks is they have so many different ones out there.  Here are some that I have recently added:

cotgsysguard.exe
349A38F0D2C98246F096980F0599D6D1  

x.tmp 
A4E1BC48DD9F62F38B1D420868C103DA

SpywareGuard2008
93b0bde48b3e5d5bccac209d08ae12ec

SpywareGuard2009
ad6aade72380dc4798e6d19c65b811d1
fb93c7a7fb4dcb27f8350d101277a3e1
7ef5d69e18d9c5aba2a6d05c43caf947
4b2f679760885c0e2f529f0637dc092f
1badd200b0182c248a6a007fc0d19a1c
db22dd87b1c4ec9780196c8d051c5c7b

Email Spam Virus
Connects to domains such as: hallmark.com
Connects to domains such as: hi5.com
68AB36DE0B34E529B6DDD96C8F98075B

kjllsysguard.exe
7af7fb93c6e93fd74d3ecf4fcf2e8693

tddpsysguard.exe
e5f1e4c8b9f5263c918bf1b7d18d1f5e

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2009
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 As a temporary workaround

 As a temporary workaround you can block them using application control
But always remember to submit the fles to security response to get definitions for it.
https://submit.symantec.com/basic