Weird copy/paste situation - virus?

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Weird copy/paste situation - virus? ~BD~ 08-18-2008
Posted by ~BD~ on August 18, 2008, 4:45 am
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Hello,

A friend has contacted me and said "Whenever I try to copy paste something
my clipboard always contains this:
hxxp://xp-vista-update.net/?id=71030000330. When I copy paste very fast
(less than a second) then I sometimes end up copy pasting what I want, so
it's probably some malware.."

Has anyone any information which might help?

TIA

Dave

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Posted by Casual Observer on August 18, 2008, 8:10 am
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Seems to be pretty new. An article is printed about it at =
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/15/webbased_clipboard_hijacking/. =
They are not a malware removal site but seem to think that rebooting the =
PC will clear it up.

Hello,

A friend has contacted me and said "Whenever I try to copy paste =
something=20
my clipboard always contains this:=20
hxxp://xp-vista-update.net/?id=3D71030000330. When I copy paste very =
fast=20
(less than a second) then I sometimes end up copy pasting what I want, =
so=20
it's probably some malware.."

Has anyone any information which might help?

TIA

Dave

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Posted by ~BD~ on August 18, 2008, 3:11 pm
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Seems to be pretty new. An article is printed about it at
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/15/webbased_clipboard_hijacking/. They
are not a malware removal site but seem to think that rebooting the PC will
clear it up.

Hello,

A friend has contacted me and said "Whenever I try to copy paste something
my clipboard always contains this:
hxxp://xp-vista-update.net/?id=71030000330. When I copy paste very fast
(less than a second) then I sometimes end up copy pasting what I want, so
it's probably some malware.."

Has anyone any information which might help?

TIA

Dave

--

Hi.

Interesting article. Thank you for posting the link! :)

I'll watch out for developments.

Dave
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Posted by ~BD~ on August 19, 2008, 4:10 am
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Update:

> I'll watch out for developments.
>
> Dave
> --
>
>
>

'Malvertizement' epidemic visits house of Newsweek.com

See: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/18/malvertizing_epidemic/

Quote:

"Newsweek.com is one of several high-profile websites suspected of running
rogue banner advertisements that try to trick visitors into installing
fraudulent anti-malware programs, security researchers warn.
The malicious ads have been appearing on Newsweek's website via feeds that
carry the Washingtonpost.com address, according to this post on the Bluetack
Internet Security Solutions site. The ads redirect users to a site that
falsely claims users' PCs are infected with malware and urges them to buy
and install software that will remedy the problem. The banner graphic posed
as an ad for www.easy-forex.com, which bills itself as an online foreign
currency exchange".

Dave

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Posted by kalyan on September 5, 2008, 4:45 am
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Hi

This attack call HTTP Fake Scan Webpage

Download the scanner & remove the Malware

http://www.4shared.com/file/15436123/9ccf9359/roguefix_216.html




> Hello,
>
> A friend has contacted me and said "Whenever I try to copy paste something
> my clipboard always contains this:
> hxxp://xp-vista-update.net/?id=71030000330. When I copy paste very fast
> (less than a second) then I sometimes end up copy pasting what I want, so
> it's probably some malware.."
>
> Has anyone any information which might help?
>
> TIA
>
> Dave
>
> --
>
>



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