Archive for December, 2005

It seems that 2005 will not end up without another major parasite outbreak. Thanks to the latest Windows exploit. A few days ago, on December 26, a totally new threat was discovered. More...

It seems that 2005 will not end up without another major parasite outbreak. Thanks to the latest Windows exploit. A few days ago, on December 26, a totally new threat was discovered. More...

A few days ago, a very interesting article was published on SearchSecurity. com, a popular source for IT security information. This article, written by Eric B. More...

Last week, the overall rate of SpyAxe and SpySheriff infections finally fell off and almost stopped last weekend. However, parasites seem to be coming back this week. According to our statistics, search queries with SpyAxe and SpySheriff keywords are back at the top. More...

The newest seasonal parasite is underway. The recently discovered GiftCom worm rapidly spreads through instant messages sent using popular chat programs including ICQ, AIM, MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger. This pest, also known as Santa IM, attempts to persuade IM users into visiting a harmless Santa Claus web site, but instead silently installs itself to the system. More...

Vendors of corrupt anti-spyware software and their numerous affiliates took a fancy to the illegal distribution of their useless and sometimes even dangerous products. Regular users and security experts grew weary of all those SpyAxe, WinHound and similar less prevalent threats. However, malicious persons do not even think of stopping all this madness. More...

Malicious persons responsible for the spread of corrupt anti-spyware tools and rogue security-related programs as well as dangerous parasites that install them seem to have found a new way to push their useless malicious software to victim computers. Now they run fake security and update web sites that imitate the look of popular fully legitimate resources such as Microsoft Update. Some harmful sites try to look like the web browser’s standard error pages. More...

Microsoft on Tuesday released a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer to fix four security vulnerabilities discovered in this popular web browser. Among the holes this patch plugs are two critical flaws already successfully exploited by hackers and used by them to take complete control over affected computers. These flaws also allow planting unsolicited software and dangerous parasites to victim systems. More...

Seasonal identity thefts and infections can be avoided. The following advice should help you to stay wary and safe. 1. More...

A time period between December and early January is traditionally the most suitable for getting spyware or virus infection. As the holiday season draws closer, Internet users begin greeting one another, and various marketing companies as well as small merchants intensify their advertising campaigns. There is nothing wrong in such a flurry, but yearly statistics just send into a tizzy: bogus e-greeting cards, fake salutatory e-mails and instant messages, loads of Christmas and New Year spam and finally seasonal advertisements leading to insecure web sites have been used to secretly install spyware, adware, browser hijackers, trojans, numerous keyloggers and other confidential data thieves into millions of computers every year. More...