Beware of SCANNER.VAV-SCANNER.COM: Attack on Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Vulnerability (1)

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – We have found a new exploitation scheme that will eventually lead Internet users to a new fake antivirus scan website located at scanner.vav-scanner.com. This fake new anti-virus scan website is designed to sell malware title called Vista Antivirus 2008, utilizing a series of free webpages created at Lycos.






This new exploitation scheme seems to attack vulnerability found on Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 through a web browser.

If you are a Windows user, you are strongly advised not to visit websites at lycos.de and lycos.it.






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We will have a more detailed report in several hours.

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