Windows 10: FAKE AD LEADS TO MALWARE SITE

FranklinProperty · Sep 30, 2019

In a Bing search, I came across an online ad which lists our company name, our web address and other info about our company. Click on the ad and you will be redirected to somewhere else. We did not place any online ads.

To whom would I direct an inquiry?

:)

Borg 386 · Sep 30, 2019

Beware this fake Windows BSOD from tech support scammers' malware

Microsoft has sounded the alarm over a fake installer for its Security Essentials, which attempts to trick victims into contacting bogus help centers.

Tech-support scammers have stepped up their technical game, prompting a "severe" warning from Microsoft over new Windows malware that mimics Microsoft's free Security Essentials antivirus, and then displays a fake blue screen of death, or BSoD, with an error message and a suggestion to call a 1800 number that is not a Microsoft support center.
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"Real error messages from Microsoft do not include support contact details," Microsoft said on its Malware Protection Center blog, warning of the new threat. It also never asks for payment for delivering tech support.
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Microsoft: Beware this fake Windows BSOD from tech support scammers' malware | ZDNet

Jsssssssss · Sep 30, 2019

specific fake update

In addition to the prior reply...

Suggestion to get a good advertisement blocker. I, personally, use Firefox as a browser and uBlock Origin for blocking ads etc and have never seen such fake alerts/warnings...

See
this post with a list of helpful links...

Regarding your question " I do't use windows defender for anything. Is it for malware?":

Windows Defender is in Windows 8/8.1/10 an Anti-Virus program.

See
this post for more information.

Borg 386 · Sep 30, 2019

Windows Meltdown-Spectre: Watch out fake patches that spread malware

Windows Meltdown-Spectre: Watch out for fake patches that spread malware

PC users already have to contend with buggy Meltdown and Spectre patches. But now they also need to be wary of cybercriminals exploiting uncertainty about the fix and where to get them.

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Jérôme Segura, a researcher at Malwarebytes, says the phishing site's link leads to the installation of malware known as Smoke Loader, which can install other malware.
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As with many phishing sites these days, the fake BSI page was SSL-enabled, meaning victims could be duped by seeing the secure padlock symbol in their browser's address bar next to the HTTPS address.
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"Online criminals are notorious for taking advantage of publicized events and rapidly exploiting them, typically via phishing campaigns," wrote Secura.

"This particular one is interesting because people were told to apply a patch, which is exactly what the crooks are offering under disguise."

He added that HTTPS links aren't necessarily trustworthy. A recent report from security firm PhishLabs showed that HTTPS adoption by phishing sites is actually increasing faster than the general web.

In the third quarter of 2017, a quarter of all phishing sites used HTTPS, up from three percent a year ago. Phishers are adopting HTTPS, even though it's not necessary for the task, but rather because the additional security gives the impression of legitimacy.
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Windows Meltdown-Spectre: Watch out for fake patches that spread malware | ZDNet

A fake patch for the massive Spectre and Meltdown chip flaws is actually a front for a piece of malware called Smoke Loader. A fake website that claims to be part of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is associated with Smoke Loader, according to a Malwarebytes blog post.

In recent years, social engineering efforts by cyber criminals have leveraged headline-grabbing issues in an attempt to infect users. This is especially true of high-profile vulnerabilities. Fake patches and fixes were rampant after the critical WannaCry ransomware attack, so it was only a matter of time before Spectre and Meltdown were used by criminals too.
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Once a user is directed to the fake site, the Malwarebytes post said, they will find a download link to a ZIP archive titled Intel-AMD-SecurityPatch-11-01bsi.zip. This contains a "so-called patch (Intel-AMD-SecurityPatch-10-1-v1.exe), which really is a piece of malware," the post said.

If a user were to download and run the fake patch, they'd be infected with the Smoke Loader malware. Smoke Loader can retrieve additional payloads, and traffic analyzed by Malwarebytes seems to show it trying to connect to other domains and send encrypted data.
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This fake Spectre/Meltdown patch will infect your PC with malware - TechRepublic

Windows 10: FAKE AD LEADS TO MALWARE SITE

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