Spyware news

Every security expert knows that protecting computer to prevent malware is much easier than eliminating one from it. That’s why there are so many PC users who ask how to remove viruses and, more frequently, what to do when Antispyware program fails to remove the infection. If you have also found problems with this, follow this article to know more More...

Security experts have been talking for a long time about fast-growing numbers of financial threats. They have been reporting about various viruses that have ability to attack not only separate PC users but business institutions and even governmental organizations, such as NASA, National banks and similar. However, one of such extremely dangerous threats, called Gozi virus, is finally stopped. Representatives More...

As time goes by, and Christmas is just around the corner, 2spyware decided to sum up this year and overview the major parasites of this period. In fact, in 2012 we have almost been made to forget about rogue anti-spywares because bad guys have evidently improved their devious heist technique and started to pay more attention to ransomware viruses. They More...

It seems that Christmas season has affected almost everyone. However, you should be aware that scammers always try to use this affection for their malicious purposes. One of this year's phishing schemes pretends to be a letter from PayPal. It has been noticed in Australia, but all users of this huge payment service should be aware about it because everyone More...

Everyone knows about a travel/hotel review website, which is called TripAdvisor. Though it has been really helpful for those who look for a good deal on a hotel room or flight, it seems that spammers have 'improved' this website with some bug. After stealing personal email addresses of TripAdvisor's customers, they have been using them to spread their spam, which looks like a booking confirmation and has a malicious attachment included. Note that clicking on a link results in Gamarue malware, which can be additionally used to steal user's personal information, such as passwords, banking data or login information, from the system. According to security researchers who work for Trend Micro, Indian users should be especially careful because, mainly, Internet criminals have been discovered to spread their spam mails in this area. That shouldn't sound surprising because TripAdvisor is among India’s top five travel brands and receives 2.4 million users per month, says thehackernews.com. However, Gamarue malware has already been attacking German users. It has been reported by the same TrendMicro that scammers have been spreading it as a confirmation letter for the Brenners Park-Hotel and Spa in Austria. All this research has started when one of Trend Micro's managers received an email asking to confirm his hotel's reservation. However, he hasn't had any wonder about this hotel and its existence in India. As online travel and hotel market More...

Scammers have started to spread a new Facebook scam in order to earn some easy money by increasing web traffic to their scam surveys. This time they distribute a misleading message, which offers for Facebook users to change its theme to black. However, in reality Facebook's representatives haven't rejected the traditional blue and simply have nothing to do with this More...