Archive for December, 2005

Despite the fact that SpyAxe and WinHound have already threw thousands of people into a panic, a little was known about the means how these dangerous trojans infect user computers. According to the recent research of Websense, security software company, and 2-Spyware.com own information, both SpyAxe and WinHound get into victim computers by exploiting several […]

Illegally distributed rogue spyware removers are becoming more and more like actual spyware parasites that they should, but usually do not fight against. Furthermore, such products not only leave dangerous threats undetected and intact, but also install an excessive amount of malware themselves. The infamous one-month-old SpyAxe trojan is still on a spreading spree promoting […]

Recently, Jason Garms, architect and group program manager in Microsoft’s security unit, gave an interview to Ziff Davis Internet News. In this interview he said that according to usage statistics culled from Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, more than 20 percent of all infected computers running Windows XP Service Pack 2 were compromised by numerous […]

Recently discovered Microsoft Internet Explorer security vulnerability allows hackers and phishers running specially constructed web sites to easily steal identity details, confidential data and other sensitive information like credit card numbers, various passwords and online banking account details from all users of Google Desktop. Matan Gillan, an Israeli hacker who has discovered this issue, says […]

180solutions, the notorious adware company (it distributes the infamous ZangoSearch and 180SearchAssistant adware) has filled a lawsuit against Zone Labs, maker of popular ZoneAlarm firewall and powerful ZoneAlarm Anti-Spyware. 180solutions claims that Zone Labs products misleadingly detect and target its applications as parasites that “may try to track or log keystrokes (user input), mouse movements/clicks, […]