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Intelinet Smart Security is a new applications that present itself as a spyware remover, however we can‘t say it is rogue program, but it‘s advertisement on some websites is misleading. The way of advertisements still is unclear, advertisements is very aggressive; that means product is thrusting constrainedly. What about creators? We haven’t heard yet about […]

Lenovo computers in early next year are planning to present a new security system for notebooks. System allows you to disable your notebook by sending it an SMS message. If the notebook is turned on the lock down happens immediately or, if it’s turned of, the next time the system signs into cellular network.
The system […]

Have you ever wondered how come people are able to register malicious websites and keep those going without facing any legal issues? Roots of some frauds are difficult to track because not every country supports international collaboration, but November 2008 brings justice to our side.
EstDomains, Inc. was known as home of many malicious websites. Fraudulent […]

There must be someone at AVG Technologies trying to sabotage reputation of products developed by this company. Users of AVG anti-virus were forced to delete regular files as those were malicious three times of late month.
First incident happened a month ago, when AVG detected a dangerous trojan and recommended deleting it while it was actually […]

No one wants to run a security program that uses false positives. When a scanner picks up false infections it can mean two things; first, the files are not on a computer at all or second, the files are non-malicious. Some fake security tools supposedly detect fake infections in order to attract customers. However, even […]

What attracts the most readers, the most views and the most downloads? The answer is always the same: it’s the most recent and the most urgent problems. What’s the biggest buzz of the last week? Barack Obama elected for the president of the United States is still the one that attracts interest of many people […]

Adult websites are known for spreading various computer parasites. Visiting porn sources may result adware, trojans and malicious toolbars secretly installed on a computer. Nevertheless, people keep risking their privacy and security being compromised in exchange for a glance at spicy pictures and videos. The new wave of porn websites is great disappointment for such […]

Rogue security tools seem to be the most popular way to fool people and get their money, but the situation might change quite soon. Apparently malware creators noticed a glitch in most of corrupt anti-spyware. Although fake security tools are pretty convincing and people believe they are useful, most of customers decide not to pay […]

PDF (Portable Document Format) is widespread and loved for its versatility. But popularity often brings burden of being attacked by malware creators. PDF is not an exception; there were several important vulnerabilities found in the past. 2008 autumn showed that Portable Document Format can still be exploited for various purposes and you don’t even have […]

People often believe that cyber scammers and malware creators are impossible to catch and punish. Fortunately, that’s not true. Although, malware makers are rarely identified, October 2008 brings some losses for scammers’ community as distributors of Antivirus XP rogue application are being sued.
People behind scams like AntiVirusXP are known for the lack of information about […]