According to Symantec, spam now officially accounts for almost ninety per cent of email worldwide. Two Botnets have caused this spam escalation. These botnets go by the names of Grum and Rustock. Grum started creating problems in February which increases the number of spam that was generated by fifty one percent. Rustock also started creating [...]
03.9.10 | Computer News | admin
It has recently been discovered that a new and powerful botnet has been the cause of computer infections all over the world. This Kneber botnet is currently reaching different computer systems all around the globe. This botnet is actually a new type of malware which has never been seen before by computer scientists. The damage [...]
03.2.10 | Computer News | admin
Around 4,600 Firefox users who followed the rules in terms of acquiring add-ons (meaning not getting them from all over the ‘Net) may still have picked up some malware. Mozilla admitted today that two add-ons available through the official Add-on for Firefox page came with unwelcome companions.
02.26.10 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
It has been claimed according to many system administrators that one of the most important aspects is the security of the system. This entails keeping the system safe from various threats with the inclusion of viruses, spyware, rogues and many other parasites. There are many ways for you to keep the new Windows 7 secure [...]
02.24.10 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
The popular Sunbelt Software has finally announced the top ten malware threats of last year.Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT – remained in the very top position for the third month in a row. This is a detection which includes many malicious downloader’s associated with both rogues and shareware.
02.19.10 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
A Chinese company that has created a massive database of malware found on Chinese Web sites has opened up its information to other security organizations.
Beijing-based KnownSec gathered the viruses and other information with a crawler that scans nearly 2 million Chinese Web sites each day.
Zhao Wei, the CEO of KnownSec, said in an interview in [...]
08.24.09 | Computer News | admin
The worlds largest-ever malware network has been uncovered, affecting 1.9 million corporate, government and consumer computers.
The network was uncovered by Finjan Inc’s Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC), as part of research into command and control servers operated by cybercriminals.
07.13.09 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
Today PandaLabs, Panda Security’s Malware Analysis and Detection Laboratory announced that they have uncovered evidence that cyber-criminals are starting to create their own search engines and use them to guide users to malicious pages, often created for distributing malware.
06.28.09 | Computer News | admin
Vundo comes from the malware family. It was one of the families added into the MSRT and remains in the top 10 detections every month.
Vundo is regularly reported as an irritation due to the continuous pop-ups that it delivers to the user’s desktop, mostly related to rogue programs; slowing down the user’s internet connection drastically.
06.25.09 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
Although Windows 7 is yet to be released, there has been much talk about its pending release – and the performance it will offer to its users. Some may find that the hype around Windows 7 is overrated – but one can assume, based on the facts known about Windows 7 so far, that this [...]
06.19.09 | Software Review | admin
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