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Title: Watch Out! A Fake Antivirus Blog is Distributing Proton Malware
Post by: HCK on November 22, 2017, 04:05:12 pm
Watch Out! A Fake Antivirus Blog is Distributing Proton Malware

A new variant of OSX/Proton has been uncovered this week by malware researcher "noar" (@noarfromspace). The previous iteration of Proton malware, discovered in October, had targeted Eltima, the makers of the Elmedia Player software. This time, OSX/Proton is being distributed as part of a fake antivirus scanner, named "Symantec Malware Detector," found on a Symantec security blog that is equally fake. The […]

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