items tagged with BitDefender

Adware trojan most widespread e-threat
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-06 21:00:33
The Clicker adware trojan is the most widespread threat on the Web right now possibly due to it regaining popularity as an infection tool of choice.

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Porn spam to social networks rising rapidly
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-15 22:58:15
The adult industry has tapped into the increasing popularity of social networks, with a rapid rise in porn spam now bombarding sites like Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, and their subscribers, with everything from provocative images to hidden malware.

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Conficker, back with a vengeance as top worm
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-31 00:23:40
The infamous Conficker worm first spread its malicious infection across the Internet more than eight years ago and just last month it shot back into prominence, infecting 43 percent of machines in use worldwide in the space of four weeks and, for good measure, it now installs rogue security software on compromised machines.

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Trojans on the march, Conficker still stalking
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 00:57:44
Trojans continue to dominate e-threats for the second month in a row, with the infamous Conficker also still prevalent, with threats from the worm – otherwise known as Downadup.Gen - increasing from 3.33 percent in June to 4.15 percent of all infections during July.

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Beware, malware by stealth stalks the net!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-10 03:39:36
All is not what it seems on the Internet for those users unlucky enough to be duped by scammers posing as online payment services in order to steal your most private of personal information, including credit card details.

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Clever infection techniques top e-threats list
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-03 08:26:59
Those naughty, malicious little malware writers are becoming increasingly clever and creative in the way they go about spreading infections and misery across the Internet.

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Trojans remain the biggest e-threat
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-05-06 23:29:27
Trojans continue their proliferation and spread across the Internet, still dominating the list of the most pernicious threats facing Internet users, according to BitDefender in its April survey released today.

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BitDefender introduce gamer orientated protection
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-04-01 23:50:31
When you are trying to squeeze every single frame rate from your rig systems such as virus and spyware checkers usually get in the way. BitDefender have seized on this and introduced GameSafe, the game players orientated software protection.

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It’s raining free Conficker protection: get it now!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-03-30 22:04:21

The dreaded Conficker worm is constantly in the news these days, with consumers and businesses worldwide now bracing themselves for another expected attack from the malicious worm predicted to sweep the Internet on April Fool’s Day tomorrow.

Conficker getting bigger and meaner but BitDefender’s free disinfection tool is here to help!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-03-11 21:42:12

BitDefender is offering a free tool for consumers that will disinfect all versions of Downadup – or the Conficker worm as it’s commonly known – which the security firm says has swept across the globe infecting 15 million computers worldwide.

Forget the drive-by-shooting, it’s the drive-by-download to watch out for!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-03-03 04:28:47

So-called drive-by download components dominated the latest security threats to our computers during February as cybercriminals attempted to compromise the security of users’ systems.

Web-based e-threats continued to dominate the first month of 2009, according to BitDefender.
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-17 07:19:03

Trojan.Clicker.CM returned to the leading position of the top 10 E-Threats with 5.40 percent, according to a report just released by BitDefender.

Global spam trends reveal a taste for text, drugs and eBay
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-06-28 09:32:52
An in-depth survey of the state of spam for the first half of 2008 reveals that spammers have re-discovered a love for the written word. They still rather like drugs and ebay as well...

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