CyberDefender Threat Level: 4.6 - MODERATE
Spyware Filename: 457.exe.up
Date Discovered: 12/20/2006 23:21:00
CyberDefender Threat Level: 4.4 - MODERATE
Spyware Filename: mhs2.exe.up11
Date Discovered: 12/20/2006 23:21:00
CyberDefender Threat Level: 4.0 - MODERATE
Spyware Filename: rxzs.exe.up11
Date Discovered: 12/20/2006 22:23:00
CyberDefender issues its Spyware Alert regularly. This report highlights the most recent spy ware plaguing Internet users and exposing them to Internet identity theft.
LOS ANGELES, CA () December 23, 2006 -- CyberDefender's8482; Corporation, the security developer with the Internet'ss most advanced early detection technology and Internet security tools,
has identified the following three moderately dangerous category 4.6 spyware plaguing Internet users for December 20, 2006:
CyberDefender Threat Level: 4.6 - MODERATE
Spyware Filename: 457.exe.up
Date Discovered: 12/20/2006 23:21:00
CyberDefender Threat Level: 4.4 - MODERATE
Spyware Filename: mhs2.exe.up11
Date Discovered: 12/20/2006 23:21:00
CyberDefender Threat Level: 4.0 - MODERATE
Spyware Filename: rxzs.exe.up11
Date Discovered: 12/20/2006 22:23:00
For real-time observation of these spyware and other threats go to:
http://www.cyberdefender.com/other_threats.html
CyberDefender issues its Spyware Alert regularly. This report highlights the most recent spy ware plaguing Internet users and exposing them to Internet identity theft.
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CyberDefender Universal Severity Scale
Category 7-10 Very High
Category 5-7 High
Category 3-5 Moderate
Category 1-3 Low
Spyware rated by CyberDefender'ss Universal Severity Scale from three to five, are moderately dangerous. Typically these types of threats log user keyboard activity and take system
snapshots. They may profile users and send confidential user data back to a remote server, and are nearly impossible to remove manually.
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vendors.
About Spyware Attacks
Webopedia defines spy ware as Any software that covertly gathers user information through the user'ss Internet connection without his or her knowledge, usually for advertising purposes.
(full definition at http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/s/spyware.html)
About CyberDefender Early Alert Center
The CyberDefender Early Alert Center's8482; and CyberDefender'ss Collaborative Internet Security Network together form a seamless adaptive network technology providing all CyberDefender
users with free Internet security tools. The Early Alert Center automatically analyzes threats and calculates the risk levels of suspicious files and processes. This expert system tests
and ranks the threat on a Universal Severity Scale, and updates the CyberDefender threat database automatically. Because of this, the CyberDefender Early Alert Center antivirus and
security alerts are dynamic; adjusting in real-time as each threat evolves, providing users with the most updated and accurate virus protection available. This threat assessment process
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About CyberDefender Corporation (www.cyberdefender.com)
CyberDefender Corporation is a privately-held company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The first company to provide early warning and defense against Internet attacks using a
secure high-speed client-to-client relay network, CyberDefender'ss technology and Internet security tool applications provide an early line of defense against hijack spyware, viruses,
malware, US bank phishing, adware and other threats. CyberDefender began operations in August 2003 and its earlier products have been downloaded by over 12 million consumers.
CyberDefender'ss computer Internet security products using the early detection technology include the CyberDefender Security Toolbar(tm) 2006 (free anti phishing protection) and
CyberDefender AntiSpyware 2006's8482; (scanner and spyware cleaner), with a new line of Early Detection Center(tm)(EDC) security products slated for release during Q4, 2006.