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MSRT December 2016 addresses Clodaconas, which serves unsolicited ads through DNS hijacking

January 23, 2017 admin Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, browser modifier, BrowserModifier:Win32/Clodaconas, Clodaconas, DNS hijacking, Injecting ads, Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, MSRT, MSRT removes Clodaconas, Unwanted software, Windows 10, Windows Defender

In this month’s Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) release, we continue taking down unwanted software, the pesky threats that force onto our computers things that we neither want nor need. BrowserModifier:Win32/Clodaconas, for instance, displays ads when you’re browsing the internet. It modifies search results pages so that you see unsolicited ads related to your…

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MSRT September 2016 release feature: Prifou

January 23, 2017 admin Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, browser modifier, BrowserModifier:Win32/Prifou, Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, Microsoft's objective criteria, MSRT, MSRT September 2016, NightClick, Objective Criteria, Prifou, Suweezy, Trojan:Win32/Suweezy, Trojan:Win32/Xadupi, TrojanClicker:Win32/NightClick, Unwanted software, unwanted software objective criteria, Windows Defender, Xadupi

As part of our ongoing effort to provide better malware protection, the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) release this September includes detections for: BrowserModifier:Win32/Prifou TrojanClicker:Win32/NightClick Trojan:Win32/Suweezy Trojan:Win32/Xadupi This blog discusses BrowserModifier:Win32/Prifou (Prifou). Windows Defender detects this threat because it limits your choice and control over your browser and operating system. The unwanted behaviors are detailed…

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MSRT August 2016 release adds Neobar detection

January 23, 2017 admin Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, browser modifier, browser modifier objective criteria violation, BrowserModifier:Win32/Neobar, Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, MSRT, Neobar, Objective Criteria, SoftwareBundler:Win32/Dlboost, SoftwareBundler:Win32/InstallMonster, Unwanted software

As part of our ongoing effort to provide better malware protection, the August 2016 release of the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) includes detections for BrowserModifier: Win32/Neobar, unwanted software, and Win32/Rovnix, a trojan malware family. This blog discusses BrowserModifier:Win32/Neobar and its inclusion in MSRT supports our unwanted software family detections in Windows Defender, along…

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A brief discourse on ‘Changing browsing experience’

January 23, 2017 admin browser modifier, browser modifier policy, browser modifier policy update, browsing experience, microsoft, Objective Criteria, Parental Control programs, Unwanted software, VPN, Windows Defender

In response to questions we’ve received from the software distribution and monetization industry, and following our blog announcing our browser modifier policy update, we’d like to provide some details on what we refer to in our policy as “changing browsing experience”. For us, “changing browsing experience” means behaviors that modify the content of webpages. We…