Archive for the 'Spyware related issues' Category

Malware creators no longer distribute viruses that erase your data or corrupt something in your computer.  Now they want to have profit of breaking into your computer in all possible ways. Modern malware steal bank accounts, email accounts, identities, turn computer into spamming machine or use it for further malicious actions.
Botnets are the biggest threat […]

According to a survey by Symantec, in the trade for personal details collected by cyber-criminals, the most expensive are bank account numbers (up to $400) and are a lot more expensive than credit card details (anywhere from $0.5 and $5) as well as e-mail addresses ($2 to $4 per megabyte).
This highlights the commercialization of e-crime […]

We have heard of spyware cookies related to trojans earlier this week. New cookies that are similar to these appeared on web recently. If you notice Porndrive, Popular-Ticket, WMVmedialease, Play-Mega, Totalcodec, Plus-Codec, Vacwebsoft or VideoAccessCodec on your computer, run antispyware scan immediately. These cookies are related either to Zlob trojan or other trojans that are […]

According to Sophos report, most of malware is made in China. It doesn’t mean that malware is the main Chinese product, but it’s clear that this country is not as interested in cyber safety as the others on this planet. The report claims that almost 54% of world’s infected websites are hosted in China. These […]

Host-Codec, Freerealitympegs, FreePornMoviesWorld, Hotelcodec, GoCodec, GreatCodec, Micro-Codec, Inc-Codec, Net-Codec, Online-Codec, Nmextensions, Zlob.Playjust.Cookie and Page-Ticket are the names of spyware cookies that have started to infiltrate computers recently. If your security scan locates one of these files and it is not able to remove it, you should be concerned. All these cookies are made to track […]

New Skype virus arrived yesterday, September 9, 2007, and it was capable of infecting large number of computers. It uses the same tactics as other Skype related malware: it sends random message to a victim and offers to view an erotic screensaver/picture. If someone is curious enough to click the link, he or she gets […]

Aladin (a security company based in Israel) reported large scale attacks against several popular websites. The attacks were launched through botnet – a network of infected computers. These zombie computers were used to spread a trojan to random computers. When someone had tried to access eBay or several other websites, a trojan started to run […]

McAfee, well-known security software company, made available latest statistics on malicious web sites around the world. It’s a detailed report based on data from McAfee SiteAdvisor service. Here we provide just a few key findings. Follow this link to get the full report.
Small island nations and island territories frequently rank high on the list of […]

Security experts call it drive-by pharming. You unknowingly visit malicious web page that hosts an exploit - harmful JavaScript code. If JavaScript support is enabled in your browser (in most browsers it is on), code is executed automatically. You won’t notice anything at all. This malicious code uses a technique known as “Cross Site Request […]

Modern web depends on a variety of technologies - Flash, Java, ActiveX, etc. Interactive web sites often host a special code that need to be executed on your system. Otherwise you won’t see any animations or streaming videos, and you would be unable to use web-based applications and services.
However, freshly installed web browser or the […]