My-uq.com

My-uq.com is a domain with a history of initiating attacks against visiting PCs disguised as updates for legitimate software. Because attacks from My-uq.com may use the format of a seemingly trustworthy update pop-up from a reputable company, you may have some difficulty in recognizing them for what they are: drive-by-downloads trying to infect your PC with threats. The use of anti-malware products after any unintended contact with My-uq.com through an unprotected Web browser should be taken for granted as mandatory.

Updating Your PC with New Problems Besides Outdated Software

In the same time period that we saw fake Flash updates for PC threats like Trojan.Agent.MNR and Trojan.Ransom.PARPE, criminals clearly have an incentive to find new Web domains to host these fraudulent patches. My-uq.com is one such domain confirmed by malware researchers, designed for distributing Trojan droppers and other PC threats through Adobe Flash 'updates' that actually don't update anything except your PC's state of vulnerability. Fake Flash updates are one of the most common infection vectors involving the distribution of threats through pseudo-consensual methods, even if the contents of these updates are disguised to prevent you from realizing what they are. In some cases, malware experts also have seen sites like My-uq.com used to install threatening software non-consensually via the exploitation of software vulnerabilities – although these attacks usually only are attempted after a consensual download has been rejected.

The consequences of these attacks are variable, according to the whims of their criminal designers, but common payloads that may be installed through My-uq.com include:

• Backdoor Trojans, rootkits and other PC threats that attempt to give criminals remote access to your PC. The level of access involved often includes enabling criminals to change system settings, modify files, steal personal information or install other threats.
• Specialized spyware products that steal personal information without showing many, if any symptoms of their attacks. The logins for bank accounts and social networking accounts are especially typical targets.
• PoliceTrojans, Ukash Viruses and other Windows-locking PC threats, which often are identifiable by their fraudulent screen-wide warning messages. They usually try to defraud the PC user by claiming that the system has been locked as a lawful action against illegal Internet activities.

The Cutting Edge of Real Updates to Protect Your PC from Fake Ones

First verified as active in the middle of 2013, My-uq.com attacks still may be revitalized in further campaigns recycling the same domain. Until new information verifying the theoretical safety of My-uq.com appears malware analysts only can suggest staying as far from this site as possible. To counteract the risk of non-consensual threat-installing attacks, any contact with My-uq.com always should be followed by immediate anti-malware scans from appropriate security products. Security software with features intended for your browser also may be able to block My-uq.com before My-uq.com can load any threatening content.

Even without security software backing up your browser, there are various ways to reduce the chances of damage coming from any brushes with My-uq.com or similar infection vectors. Updating software will reduce the very vulnerabilities that may be exploited for installing threats, disabling scripts will eliminate many methods by which exploit kits could attack your PC through your browser, and using a secure brand of browser also will make it unlikely that yours will be targeted preferentially over easier targets than you.