Briefly: 3 New Websites Falling Victim to the Exploitation of Antivirus 2008 (ANTIVIRUS-SCANONLINE.COM)

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – The cyber scum organization behind malware title called Antivirus 2008 has victimized 3 more websites and installed ill codes/files to redirect Internet users to the fake anti-virus scan website hosted through the domain of antivirus-scanonline.com. These victimized websites are used as redirection points for the fake anti-virus scan website where a computer virus awaits Internet users. In the meantime, this fake anti-virus scan website appears to be hosted by a web hosting company called LEASEWEB in the Netherlands.

The websites being exploited for redirection points for the anti-virus scan website run through the domain of antivirus-scanonline.com are





  • www.viko.lt
  • www.morcheeba.co.uk
  • pbats.com





  • References:

    Antivirus 2008 (ANTIVIRUS-SCANONLINE.COM) Finding New Home in the Netherlands?
    New York-Based Web Hosting Company Ezzi.net Failing to Pull the Plug Off Fake Anti-Virus Scan Websites
    Hopefully, Saying Good-Bye to the Fake Anti-Virus Scan Websites of ANTIVIRUS-SCANNER.COM and ANTIVIRUS-SCANONLINE.COM for Now…
    Victims of ANTIVIRUS 2008 (Malware) & Troj/FakeVir-BF Growing Exponentially
    Failure to Remove Ill Files Converts Beacon University Websites Into Redirection Points for ANTIVIRUS-SCANONLINE.COM
    ANTIVIRUS-SCANONLINE.COM: Response to a Comment at FORUMS.SLICKDEALS.NET
    The Name of A Next Anti-Virus Scan Domain Will Be…
    File Determined to Contain Troj/FakeVir-BF
    What Do We Know About These Fake Anti-Virus Scan Websites?
    Lehigh University’s Multiple Department Websites Exploited for Redirection to ANTIVIRUS-SCANONLINE.COM
    ANTIVIRUS-SCANONLINE.COM: 15 Websites Victimized in the Latest ‘?prj’ Exploitation Scheme
    Warning: A New Fake Anti-Virus Scan Website Discovered

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