AvSoft Technologies Hacked

[HardOCP News]

Normally we don’t report on websites that have been hacked because we do not like to encourage or reward hackers but this time things are a little different. Apparently the antivirus vendor AvSoft Technologies has been hacked and the site is being used to install malicious software on visitor’s computers.

The download section of AvSoft's S-cop Web site hosts the malicious code, according to Roger Thompson, chief research officer with security vendor AVG. "They let one of their pages get hit by an iFrame injection," he said. "It shows that anyone can be a victim.... It's hard to protect Web servers properly."

 

[MrHood22]

Does that mean we should uninstall AVG free edition or something?

 

[Exavior]

oops. guess they weren't running their software on their webserver.

 

[Hurdler]

That's real reassuring!

 

[Exavior]

Does that mean we should uninstall AVG free edition or something?

They don't make AVG. AVG was mentioned as their CEO commented about AVSoft. Although that itself is an error the AVG is a product of the company Grisoft and thus it should have said the CEO of grisoft instead of AVG. Not unless there is another AVG out there.

 

[Space_Ranger]

If you read the actual article:

AvSoft, based in New Delhi, sells an antivirus product called SmartCOP and has sold a second antivirus product called Smartdog. The company, which is not well-known in the U.S., also specializes in recovering data lost due to virus attacks.​