[Malware] Braviax (braviax/cru629/beep.sys)

Braviax.exe is Trojan/Backdoor program.

Note the spelling of “prevent” as “pervent” in the pop-up.

Be very careful downloading clean up applications for this malware as many of the programs on offer are also malware! You can scan any tool you download by using the VirusTotal online sacnner.
It is best to stay with products released by the mainstream AV vendors.

Braviax is rather hard to clean up from an infected system, you need to follow manual removal instructions and modify them for the variant that you are trying to deal with.

* Disables existing anti-virus and anti-spyware programs
* Downloads other Trojan files
* Will recreate itself if only C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\braviax.exe is removed

Clean up details:
[1] Bleeping Crapware [CM2 Consulting]
[2] True Removal of Braviax (2008-Feb-24) [BigDadGib.net]
[3] malware braviax.exe installing malware winreanimator.exe [MajorGeeks]

E-mail Alert [phishing]

More of the “send me you login details” style fishing emails this morning. Please don’t respond to these emails – the email is a scam to gain access to your account. Please note that IT account managers will never ask for passwords or other sensitive information by email.

If you have replied to the email with your password(s) you should immediately change your password(s).

From: david stern [mailto:david@startnow.co.il]
Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2008 3:19 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: E-mail Alert

Dear Organisation User,

To complete your Organisation account, you must reply with your login details.
username: (*********)
password here (*********)

Failure to do this will immediately render your email address
deactivated from our database.

We apologise for the inconvenience that this will cause you during this
period, but trust you understand that our primary concern is for our
customers and for the security of their data.
our customers are totally secure
Regards

Organisation Support Team