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- Virus pits itself against music pirates
- Virus pits itself against music piratesRound Up The Usual SuspectsOr could it be the Music Industry?Well that's a shame. Windoze takes a hit!I was hoping something challenging would happen to assault my iPod or something. But noooo! Just more satisfying function. Of course, it helps to have a...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, PRODUCTIVITY, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Piracy, OK Here, virus, W32/Nopir-B, computer, music, MP3, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2005-04-22
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- First 'stable' Wine puts Windows apps on Linux
- First 'stable' Wine puts Windows apps on LinuxRidiculousPoor W32 support. Basically no .NET support.It must be wonderful to spend 15 years working on something billed as a 'Windows Compatibility layer' and, in spite of not meeting any sensible compatibility benchmark with perhaps the exception of Photoshop, declare oneself at version...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux User, Microsoft Windows, wine, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Mozilla confirms Firefox proof of concept information leak vulnerability
- Mozilla confirms Firefox proof of concept information leak vulnerabilityThe more I use firefox, the less impressed...I am. After install a third party firewall I discovered that it reports to Google search disabled and fishing detection disabled with every web site I visit.And now, the fact that someone can read what...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Opera Software, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, NoScript, proof of concept
- Discussion threads 2008-01-23
- Anti-Virus&Trojan (exe)
- Detect and eliminate viruses, Trojans, and macro viruses, even new and unknown ones on your PC. Anti-Virus and Trojan initiated a system named Guard Ghost to supervise all running processes in the memory system, Windows files, and open ports to search worms and Trojan horses. Once a virus or Trojan...
- Tags: Antivirus, Trojan Horse, Virus, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2008-01-04
- IM worm squirming through Skype
- Internet phone company Skype is warning about a new piece of malware spreading through the software's instant messaging feature. The confirmation comes on the heels of forum posts from Skype users asking for help deciphering IMs from contacts attempting to lure them into clicking on a rigged...
- Tags: Trend Micro Inc., IM, Malware, Skype Technologies S.A., Worm, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
- The Mac mini 'smoke screen'
- The Mac mini 'smoke screen'It's not about saving money...You don't buy a MAC for saving money. You buy it for the quality. My parent's PCs crash at least once a day - my mac? Once every six months has a kernal panic. You want to tweak photos? Listen to music?...
- Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, TCO, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple iMac
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- Mocha W32 TN3270 (exe)
- Mocha W32 TN3270 is a Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP application. It makes it possible to connect to a host via TCP/IP with the TN3270 protocol and emulate an IBM 3278 terminal. Mocha W32 TN3270 Features: Supports Extended Field Attributes; Alternate screen size (24x80 or 32x80); Unprotected fields can be shown in a...
- Tags: Screen, Mocha W32 TN3270, Tcp/Ip, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-07-17
- Mocha W32 TN5250 (exe)
- Mocha W32 TN5250 makes it possible to connect to an IBM host (AS/400) via TCP/IP with the TN5250 protocol and emulate a 5250 Display Station. Supports all standard 5250 emulation features; alternate screen size (24x80 or 27x132); SSL Secure Socket Layer; device name support; hotspots.Version 9.3 adds new menu and...
- Tags: SSL, Ssl/Tls, Authentication/Encryption, Tcp/Ip, Network Security, Security, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-07-03
- New IM worm targets Skype users
- New IM worm targets Skype usersWhich version of Skype?What OSs is/are affected?Come on now, this is a multi-platform application, a little more detail as to who is affected would be spiffy! ]:)"Only affects Skype on Windows"?Ahh, another Windows security exploit affecting an application which can be used quite safely on...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktop publishing, WINDOWS USERS, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Windows, Skype Users, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- Trend Micro buys HijackThis, launches SiteAdvisor competitor
- Trend Micro buys HijackThis, launches SiteAdvisor competitorFile downloads infectedThat's interesting. According to McAfee both the Zip and Executable versions of the new version 2 of the HiJackThis_v2 file are infected with the W32/Generic.worm!p2p virus; sub type: Internet worm. That's not a very good start for Trend Micro taking...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, McAfee Inc., HiJackThis_v2, virus, HijackThis, Trend Micro Inc., McAfee SiteAdvisor
- Discussion threads 2007-03-15
- Viruses promise heartbreak on Valentine's Day
- Viruses promise heartbreak on Valentine's DayShouldn't be a problemright? I mean Microsoft just issued a bunch of patches so all is well! ]:)Nothing to see here! Move along! Nothing to see here, another non-event! ]:)Get a Mac.No Viruses.Affects Vista?I'd like to know what vulnerability it is using to get around...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, virus, e-mail, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-02-14
- This worm wishes you a Happy New Year
- This worm wishes you a Happy New YearThis is only an issue with Windows. Linux and OSX are not affected.Isn't Windows great??????This works with Donniedon't worry, as long as you don't have Donnie you're worm free, until it's ported. Most new worms and viruses are OSS styled, so it...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Happy New Year, virus, Norton Co., operating system, worm, e-mail, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2006-12-29
- Want porn? Subscribe to Google Video email group
- Actually, its not porn, its a worm. Google accidentally sent out the Kama Sutra worm to all 50,000 subscribers of the group -- it masquerades as pornography to lure victims into executing it."W32/Kasper.A@mm is better known as the Kama Sutra worm. Discovered in January, it deletes files and registry...
- Tags: Google Video, Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-11-09
- Scary malware tricks part 1
- In keeping with the Halloween season, Im starting a series on scary malware tricks, similar to last years series on spyware tricks. Perhaps my personal focus has changed, but it seems to me spyware tricks are becoming far more devious and destructive. Last year I was testing mostly adware,...
- Tags: malware, rootkit, Removed
- Blog posts 2006-10-20
- What's playing on an iPod near you? Apple and the Windows worm
- The news that Apple shipped iPods containing malware came as a bit of a surprise yesterday. After all, you expect a company like Apple to have plenty of safeguards and checks and balances in place to prevent this kind of thing happening. The truth is however that a chain is...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-10-18
- Apple loads Windows virus on iPods
- Apple loads Windows virus on iPodsApple loads Windows virus on iPodsApple deliberately placed the virus on the iPods to infect Windows machines so the users would purchase Macs and in return increase the revenue for Apple. This is corporate sabotage and Apple should be held accountable for their crime....
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Apple Inc., virus, Microsoft Windows, Windows viru, Loverock
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
- Microsoft mulls early IE patch release
- Microsoft mulls early IE patch releaseHhhmmm..checked todays updates, check not running as root, checkCLAM Antivirus, checkfirewall, checkkonquerer, ...
- Tags: Web browsers, Patches, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, ClamAV, Microsoft Corp., IE patch release, Microsoft Internet Explorer, early IE patch, IE Patch, SVG, Linux, virus, patch, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
- Discussion threads 2006-09-25
- As Windows becomes harder to crack, could virus writers start to target hardware?
- On August 25th, security firm Symantec engineers announced they had discovered a virus that leveraged a flaw in the AMD64 CPU. This virus, Any patch applied to fix a hardware fault could be disabled or circumventedcalled W32/W64.Bounds, was capable of binding itself to Windows executables in such a...
- Tags: hardware
- Blog posts 2006-09-05
- $3K for Fujitsu's new notebook? Gimme a break!
- $3K for Fujitsu's new notebook? Gimme a break!Getting off the treadmillAt some point the technology that you have is exactly what you need. After that any upgrade other than security patches is a complete waste.Many businesses wouldn't have moved off of Win98 + Office97 if it they hadn't been pushed...
- Tags: Notebooks, hardware, laptop computer, Fujitsu Ltd., notebook
- Discussion threads 2006-07-27
- New malware poses as WGA validation and notification
- A new piece of very nasty malware has been recently discovered on spyware help forums, first here and again here. The file name is wgavn.exe and it creates a service named "Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Notification", as seen in this line in the HijackThis log. O23 - Service: Windows Genuine...
- Tags: firewall, HijackThis
- Blog posts 2006-06-29
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