New Malware Overwrites Software Updaters

itwbennett writes "Researchers at Bach Khoa Internetwork Security (BKIS), a Vietnamese security company, have found a new type of malware that 'masks itself as an updater for Adobe Systems' products and other software such as Java,' wrote BKIS analyst Nguyen Cong Cuong in a post on the company's blog. BKIS showed screenshots of a variant of the malware that imitates Adobe Reader version 9 and overwrites the AdobeUpdater.exe, which regularly checks in with Adobe to see if a new version of the software is available."

Comments

Irony: Adobe and Java updaters targeted

[Metrathon]

I've always filed the original forms of both these aggressive updaters under malware anyway...

Re:Irony: Adobe and Java updaters targeted

[Ephemeriis]

I've always filed the original forms of both these aggressive updaters under malware anyway...

Agreed.

I always disable automatic updating on everything I can... And then I'll manually check it once a month or so.

I realize I'm probably missing some updates, and probably vulnerable to some threats... But I just hate logging in to my computer and getting bombarded with four or five different update notices.

Adobe

[dandart]

Now if that's not an excuse to get away from Adobe Reader, what is? This?