items tagged with Trojans
AVG 8 and the case of the deleterious DLL deletion
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-12 00:20:44
Grisoft’s AVG 8 free and paid edition anti-virus software had an update on the weekend that caused some Windows XP machines to delete a vital file and stop XP from booting – and locking users out of their computers! The problem’s now fixed and a repair is available, but it’s the one “oops” you never want your anti-virus software to make!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-12 00:20:44
Grisoft’s AVG 8 free and paid edition anti-virus software had an update on the weekend that caused some Windows XP machines to delete a vital file and stop XP from booting – and locking users out of their computers! The problem’s now fixed and a repair is available, but it’s the one “oops” you never want your anti-virus software to make!
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Google Readers at risk from unsocial Facebook worm
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-10-29 06:42:04
Facebook worms are, sadly, not that uncommon. However, they do all tend to share a common tactic of using a non-existent video requiring a Trojan disguised as a new codec download to work. Now one enterprising scumbag is using Google to leverage trust amongst Facebook victims.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-10-29 06:42:04
Facebook worms are, sadly, not that uncommon. However, they do all tend to share a common tactic of using a non-existent video requiring a Trojan disguised as a new codec download to work. Now one enterprising scumbag is using Google to leverage trust amongst Facebook victims.
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Watch out for fake Microsoft “Security Update” email
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-12 23:24:37
Online criminals are once again trying to fool computer users into loading malware onto their computers, this time using an email with a “security update” attached, purporting to be from Microsoft.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-12 23:24:37
Online criminals are once again trying to fool computer users into loading malware onto their computers, this time using an email with a “security update” attached, purporting to be from Microsoft.
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YouTube “malware” sites threaten web users
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-10 02:02:33
A warning has gone out that fake YouTube pages are loading malware onto users’ computers - how can you protect yourself?!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-10 02:02:33
A warning has gone out that fake YouTube pages are loading malware onto users’ computers - how can you protect yourself?!
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Australia prime ID fraud target - $4b stolen!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-02 00:24:04
With all the financial turmoil and US banks melting down, Australia is a very big target for the world’s online criminals, what with our strong commodities-based economy and AA rated banks with billions in profit each year. How can you outsmart the crims?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-02 00:24:04
With all the financial turmoil and US banks melting down, Australia is a very big target for the world’s online criminals, what with our strong commodities-based economy and AA rated banks with billions in profit each year. How can you outsmart the crims?
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Panic as Apple iPhone users are attacked by Windows penguins
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-09-18 07:45:07
What do you get if you mix Windows users with an Apple iPhone, stir well using some panicking penguins and decorate with a chunk of spam? The blindingly obvious answer is the latest Trojan attack, of course...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-09-18 07:45:07
What do you get if you mix Windows users with an Apple iPhone, stir well using some panicking penguins and decorate with a chunk of spam? The blindingly obvious answer is the latest Trojan attack, of course...
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Useful Desktop Tools for Windows, Part 2 - ProcessQuickLink
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-13 23:57:25
ProcessQuickLink is a free Windows utility that enables you to discover the nature of those mysterious tasks you find running under Microsoft Windows. It can help you find out with a single mouse click whether a given task is benign or suspect.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-09-13 23:57:25
ProcessQuickLink is a free Windows utility that enables you to discover the nature of those mysterious tasks you find running under Microsoft Windows. It can help you find out with a single mouse click whether a given task is benign or suspect.
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Norton Internet Security 2009 – the “whoa!” rewrite
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-01 02:38:51
Pilloried over the past few years for being “Norton Internet Bloatware”, the developers at Symantec have listened, completely re-engineering its venerable Internet Security software, transforming it into a lean, mean malware fightin’ machine. It’s seriously impressive!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-01 02:38:51
Pilloried over the past few years for being “Norton Internet Bloatware”, the developers at Symantec have listened, completely re-engineering its venerable Internet Security software, transforming it into a lean, mean malware fightin’ machine. It’s seriously impressive!
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FUD Alert: should fanboys be worried about the great Mac Hack Attack?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-07-24 09:26:14
Mac malware vulnerabilities have become more criminally minded, Mac malware is not just proof of concept, Mac malware will shake Mac users of impenetrable computing misconceptions and Mac malware feeds off Mac users who do not learn from their mistakes. Hard hitting comments that warn of an impending wave of Mac attacks, but does reality match the hyperbole?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-07-24 09:26:14
Mac malware vulnerabilities have become more criminally minded, Mac malware is not just proof of concept, Mac malware will shake Mac users of impenetrable computing misconceptions and Mac malware feeds off Mac users who do not learn from their mistakes. Hard hitting comments that warn of an impending wave of Mac attacks, but does reality match the hyperbole?
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iPhone antivirus: do we need it?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-18 02:30:05
Security software company Intego is bragging that its VirusBarrier X5 10.5.3 is the first antivirus package that can scan the iPhone or iPod touch for malware. But is it just hype?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-18 02:30:05
Security software company Intego is bragging that its VirusBarrier X5 10.5.3 is the first antivirus package that can scan the iPhone or iPod touch for malware. But is it just hype?
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New Trojan in the wild targeting MP3, WMA and WMV files
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-07-14 03:23:54
Researchers at Secure Computing say they've found a new Trojan in the wild that infects multimedia files including MP3s. It is thought to be seeded by 'warez' sites and then spread via peer-to-peer networks.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-07-14 03:23:54
Researchers at Secure Computing say they've found a new Trojan in the wild that infects multimedia files including MP3s. It is thought to be seeded by 'warez' sites and then spread via peer-to-peer networks.
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Storm continues as USA declares war on Iran
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-07-10 05:51:06
Is it "The beginning of World War III" as news breaks that the "US Army crossed Iran's borders" and there are now "20000 US Soldiers in Iran" which in effect means "USA declares war on Iran" as a number of reports are suggesting?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-07-10 05:51:06
Is it "The beginning of World War III" as news breaks that the "US Army crossed Iran's borders" and there are now "20000 US Soldiers in Iran" which in effect means "USA declares war on Iran" as a number of reports are suggesting?
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