A new round of the FakeAlert family has been released this past weekend, the same family of rogueware components that Alex Eckelberry of Sunbelt has posted. We are seeing a surge in hits for new components installed as “MultiMedia Software” codecs that result in a barrage of popups identifying “Spyware.CyberLog-X” and “Trojan-Spy.Win32@mx” on the system:
Of course, there was no spyware on these clean lab systems prior to the codec install, and no legitimate video codecs were installed on the machine as a result of running the setup.exe program.
That’s what I have. How do I get rid of it and is it doing any harm while it’s there??
Hi there yoshizakura-
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