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- Antivirus firm: Google text ad Trojan detected
- Antivirus firm: Google text ad Trojan detectedFear the ad farmsI may trust a particular website by name, but what I don't trust at times is the advertisement tied to their pages. A coworkers antivirus stopped at least one vendor page's attempt to infect his PC whenever he navigated to...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, advertisement, Google Inc., trojan horse, Trojan Detected, antivirus, text advertisement, antivirus company
- Discussion threads 2007-12-19
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- My scareware night and how McAfee lost a customer
- With their Comcast and AT&T dealsMcAfee has a huge market share hereit pretty much does nothing to prevent being infected by these rogue antivirus attacks.I have found Combofix (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix)is the most effective tool to remove these things but even that isn't 100%.Usually you will want to rename it before you...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Vista/7, software, McAfee Inc., AV Software, Malwarebytes
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- MS Security Essentials test shows 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples
- According to recent tests conducted by AV-Test.org aiming to measure the performance of Microsoft's Security Essentials, the freeware application achieved 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples including viruses, bots, trojan horses, backdoors and Internet worms, also achieving 90.95% detection rate for 14,222 adware/spyware samples it was tested against. ...
- Tags: Freeware, Antivirus, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Bad ethics in the wild: Twitter spamming and site stealing
- Interesting......a guy who has no problem violating copyrights complaining about a lack of ethics.Carl RapsonSPAM on Twitter!!! Say it isn't so!!Why is this worthy of a ZDNET blog entry. Is your next entry going to be about how you hate to get those EMail's that say "You've Won $15,000,000" or...
- Tags: Spam, E-mail, Twitter Inc., Twitter spamming, BAD ETHICS, spamming
- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- Source code for Skype eavesdropping trojan in the wild
- Social Engineering?According the the Symantic press releasehttp://www.prwire.com.au/pr/14463/symantec-threat-bulletin-trojan-peskyspy-recording-skype-voip-conversation"The Trojan is detected by Symantec as Trojan.Peskyspy and can be downloaded to a computer by way of tricking the user with an E-mail scam or other social engineering tactic....The Trojan is targeting Windows API hooks, a technique used to alter the planned behavior...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Skype Technologies S.A., trojan horse, Source Code Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-28
- Snow Leopard's malware protection only scans for two Trojans
- The much hyped built-in malware protection into Apple's Snow Leopard upgrade appears to be nothing more than a XProtect.plist file containing five signatures for two of the most popular Mac OS X trojans - OSX.RSPlug and OSX.Iservice. Intego, the company that originally reported the new feature, has...
- Tags: Trojan Horse, Malware, Apple Inc., Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS X, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
- Source code for Skype eavesdropping trojan in the wild
- Earlier this week, Swiss programmer Ruben Unteregger who has been reportedly working for a Swiss company ERA IT Solutions responsible for coding government sponsored spyware, has released the source code of a trojan horse that injects code into the Skype process in order to convert the incoming and outgoing voice...
- Tags: Trojan Horse, Skype Technologies S.A., Source Code Corp., Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Government, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
- Apple confirms malware protection in Snow Leopard
- They say Americans don't understand ironyNo irony there, Jason. Any degree of immunity that OS X has to malware is exactly because of such measures.I am gonna love.....to see the people make excuses for the reason for this. You can't say one thing and then do another in the...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, Pwn2Own, virus, malware, trojan horse, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- New Mac OS X DNS changer spreads through social engineering
- TrendMicro is reporting on a newly discovered 4th member of the OSX_JAHLAV malware family. The latest variant is once again relying on social engineering, this time spreading under a QuickTime Player update (QuickTimeUpdate.dmg) with a DNS changer component enabling the malware authors to redirect and monitor the...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Malware, Social Engineering, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Adobe Flash zero-day attack underway; Harden PDF Reader immediately
- Malicious hackers have found a new vulnerability in Adobe's ever-present Flash software and are using rigged PDF documents to launch exploits against Windows targets. The Adobe Flash Player flaw, which is currently unpatched, affects millions of Windows XP and Windows Vista users. Adobe has acknowledged a "potential...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Exploit, Zero-day Bug, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
- June malware report - something's phishy
- June malware report - something's phishyJune malware reportIt would be very helpful if they would list which problems affect which of the popular operating systems and which were cross platform.ClickaNerd - Virus Removal Experts = FREE INFOWe constantly strive to stay up with the latest rootkit and how it functions....
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware report, malware
- Discussion threads 2009-07-06
- Death to Windows AutoRun!
- Death to Windows AutoRun!autorun was invented for the masses...it's enough tho to follow the linux lead and just put an icon on the desktop representing the cd or dvd. that way you don't have to guess at which drive you put the disk into. linux also does this...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Windows AutoRun, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-04-30
- New ransomware locks PCs, demands premium SMS for removal
- UPDATE: Another variant has been detected. Following the recently uncovered hybrid scareware with elements of ransomware, and last year's GPcode ransomware attacks, cybercriminals have once again demonstrated their interest in the concept of ransomware. PandaLabs is reporting on a newly discovered ransomware variant which...
- Tags: PC, Malware, SMS, Cybercriminal, Attack, PandaLabs, Dr.Web, Ransomware, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Cellular Phones, Security, Viruses And Worms, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Botnet contains 1.9 million infected computers
- Botnet contains 1.9 million infected computersMicrosoft and Symantec products do not yet detect this Trojan!!!We can only wonder how many more viruses are spreading undetected right now.RE: Botnet contains 1.9 million infected computersSo it a case of lazy admins who don't want to patch. If they got off their...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Operating systems, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, PRODUCTIVITY, Viruses and worms, Web browsers, SECURITY, trojan horse, operating system, BotNet, Microsoft Windows, netbook, Web browser, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-04-22
- Microsoft's intelligence security report: The top 5 takeaways
- Microsoft on Wednesday will unveil its sixth Security Intelligence Report and the tome---all 184 pages of it---has a lot of interesting data points culled from the software giant's antivirus applications. Microsoft concludes that rogue security software is a big threat, lost and stolen equipment is a bigger issue than hacking...
- Tags: Software, Trojan Horse, Microsoft Corp., Security Software, Win32/Renos, Win32/FakeSecSen, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Tools & Techniques, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- New Symbian-based mobile worm circulating in the wild
- F-Secure and Fortinet are investigating a newly discovered mobile malware identified as SymbOS/Yxes.A!worm or "Sexy View". The malware is affecting S60 3rd Edition series devices, and has a valid certificate signed by Symbian tricking the mobile device user into thinking it's a legitimate application. In terms of propagation, "Sexy View"...
- Tags: Phone, Mobile, Malware, Symbian Inc., Worm, Mobile Malware, SymbOS/Yxes.A!worm, Advertising & Promotion, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Marketing, Security, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-19
- DNSChanger Removal Tool 2.0 (Mac)
- The DNSChanger Trojan Horse, also known as OSX.RSPlug.A and OSX/Puper, has been found on numerous pornographic websites disguising itself as a video codec. Once downloaded and installed, DNSChanger changes the DNS settings on the computer, redirecting websites entered by the user to malicious sites. If personal information is entered on...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Web Site, Computer, Web Site Development, Productivity, Domain Names, Web Technology, Identity Theft, Networking, Internet, Security
- Software downloads 2008-12-17
- Password stealing malware masquerades as Firefox add-on
- Malware researchers at BitDefender are reporting on a newly discovered malware (Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.B) that when once dropped in Firefox's add-ons directory starts operating as such, and attempts to steal accounting data from a predefined list of over a hundred E-banking sites. Once the accounting data is obtained, it's forwarded to a...
- Tags: Accounting, Electronic Banking, Mozilla Firefox, Password, Malware, Accounting Data, Web Browsers, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Banking, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Why did Microsoft wait 7 years to fix SMBRelay attack flaw?
- Why did Microsoft wait 7 years to fix SMBRelay attack flaw?Sour over mis-predicting the patches this month?First off, does anyone proof-read these posts? Multiple typos/grammatical errors make it look like this was rushed out... Anyway.Mentioning the token-kidnapping issue makes me wonder if Ryan is sour that his patch prediction (on...
- Tags: SECURITY, Patches, Viruses and worms, anti-MS people, NTLMv2, Admin Access, Microsoft Corp., vulnerability, SMBRelay, SMBRelay attack flaw, Ryan, attack flaw
- Discussion threads 2008-11-12
- AVG and Rising signatures update detects Windows files as malware
- Yesterday, a signatures update pushed by AVG falsely labeled a critical Windows file as a banker malware, prompting the company to quickly fix the issue and issue a workaround, following end users complaints at its support forums. AVG's false positive causing downtime for Windows users is happening...
- Tags: Malware, Virus, AVG, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
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