How to Detect & Remove WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes
What's WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes?
Security software company Symantec has reported phishing sites posing as secure financial websites may download keylogging software — hardly news, except that these sites are freshly exploiting security holes in QuickTime, Apple’s popular multimedia playing software, and WinZip, a Windows utility for file compression and decompression.
Symantec reported their find during the second week of May 2007, after one of their PCs used as bait was infected through these vulnerabilities, even though the WinZip security hole was found as early as November 2006, and the QuickTime security hole is circa January 2007 (a security patch is available).
[Via CNET]
WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes's Threat Level Explained
WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes Is a Minor Pest 
The parasite isn't a real threat, but WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may track your Internet activities. WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may be easily removed with your Windows system "Add/Remove" function.
WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes Is a Pest 
The parasite might profile you web activities and may have installed itself onto your PC via a drive-by download. You can probably manually remove WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes yourself.
WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes Is a Minor Threat 
The parasite might profile you and other users of your PC, and WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may send this data back to its parent server.
WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes Is a Medium Threat 
The parasite might profile you and other users of your PC, and WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may send this data back to its parent server. WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may be impossible to manually remove.
WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes Is a Threat 
The parasite might profile you and other users of your PC, and WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may send this data back to its parent server. WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may download and install more malware onto your PC, and WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may be impossible to manually remove.
WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes Is a Minor Danger 
The parasite may profile you, log every keystroke you make, and take snopshots of your computer activity. WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may also be difficult to manually remove.
WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes Is a Medium Danger 
The parasite may profile you, log every keystroke you make, and take snopshots of your computer activity. WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may download more malware and also be very difficult to manually remove.
WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes Is a Danger 
The parasite may profile you, log every keystroke you make, and take snopshots of your computer activity. These logs may be sent to anonymous attacker, and WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may download more malware. WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may be very difficult to manually remove.
WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes Is a Major Danger 
The parasite may track all of your computer activity, and WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may allow a hacker to access your PC. WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may pipe more malware into your computer, and may disable your anti-spyware or anti-virus software. WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may be very difficult to manually remove.
WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes Is an Extreme Danger 
The parasite may track all of your computer activity, and WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may allow a hacker to control your computer. WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may pipe more malware into your computer, and may disable your anti-spyware or anti-virus software and firewall, and block your access to anti-spyware sites. WinZip and QuickTime Security Holes may be very difficult to manually remove.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Help,
doublingstocks.com persuaded me to sign up for something that required WinZip, did not understand what WinZip was. How do I get rid of it now from our computer?