1) Titan Shield aka TitanShield AntiSpyware: Aggressive pop-up advertising and some IE security exploits are the medium through which Titan Shield gets installed on to your PC. Tintan Sheild is a fake anti-spyware or rouge anti-spyware software, which installs itself and detects itself. Titan Shield after some time also starts showing system pop-ups with security and other system error messages. Titan shield uses these, to lure the user in to buying the software. Tital Shield rouge anti-spyware installs itself without informing the user or asking the users consent. It self-mutates and if not checked can further exploit your system's security. Titan Shield may also install some additional malware. Authors URL: titanshield.com & antispywarebox.com
2) Sony DRM Rootkit: Although Sony's, the entertainment giants, motives were to protect its copy rights by hiding copyright protection, which was installed in the Compact Disc's Manufactured by and distributed by Sony BMG, the rootkit can be used by other malware / rootkits authors to hide their malicious code. Well some anti-spyware can remove the entire DRM unit, some anti-spyware can only remove the cloaking capability of the Sony software. A reboot is recommended after a sweep.Author: Sony-BMG Music Entertainment. Authors URL: Sonybmg.com
3)ISTbar: An extremely subversive adware, ISTbar overtakes Internet Explorer and sets the homepage. It also adds malicious code to your hompage or .html files opened locally. ISTbar starts searching without the users consent. ISTbar has a whole affiliation of approximately 30+ websites, typically adult entertainment sites and uses Active X, while hosted on these sites, to install itself on to the surfers PC, forcing itself and violating the users privacy, the user has to give up and install the ISTbar. ISTbar also installs third party adwares, spyware and other malwares, some which are high security risks and my cause your whole PC to crash. ISTbar has numerous variants existing all throughout the internet. The controlling server is www2.skoobidoo.com, ISTbar.MSCache had spread throughout the internet world, especially after users clicking on the link of 'OUTWAR', which is an online game. Another variant is an update based on adult porn and its toolbar is based on the Pugi toolbar. ISTbar again has the controlling server xxxtoolbar.com and slotch.com, allotment and delivery of this toolbar is supervised by toolbarcash.com. Other spywares/adwares riding piggy with ISTbar include A.Update, RapidBlaster/lp, DownloadPLus, nCase, Wink/EasyDates, etc. Author: Integrated Search Technologies/CDT Inc. Description on Author Website: "....Integrated Search Technologies is a leading Internet marketing solutions provider, specializing in effectively targeting valuable customers at the moment they are most interested in a particular product or service....." URL: isearchtech.com. Known aliases: Adware.Istbar, DownloadPlus, SearchBarCash-Hijacker, etc.
4) Trojan-Backdoor-us15info: While running in the background this trojan, collects data about your computer and packets (DNS). The data is sent to the author or group of authors, depeding, as the trojan's been directed.
5) Trojan-Backdoor-SecureMulti: Once your online, this trojan provides a full access backdoor to the author of the trojan. This is a major security threat.
6) Trojan Downloader Matcash: This trojan, is a true trojan it is sense, it downloads other trojans and malwares when you go online.
4) Virtumonde: Virtumonde may display advertisements on your computer.
6) SurfSideKick: SurfSideKick may display pop-up advertisements on your computer.
7) DirectRevenue-Abetterinternet: DirectRevenue-ABetterInternet, commonly known as VX2 or Transponder, is an adware program that may display pop-up advertisements on your computer.
