Archive for April, 2006

Several years ago, hackers were programming viruses only to demonstrate their skills. Today it's all about money. Widely spread spyware parasites and information stealing trojans are the perfect examples. More...

Spyware parasites, unsolicited adware programs, malicious trojans, backdoors and exploits are the most widely spread infections today. Typical viruses no longer are the major threat. Unlike the latter, spyware and spyware-related parasites spread mostly in the Internet - through drive-by downloads, malicious advertisements, sophisticated exploits, online chats, etc. More...

Yet another infamous trojan has been updated a few days ago. A new variant of SpyFalcon, the parasite that downloads and installs the same named corrupt anti-spyware program, is in the wild. The latest version does not differ from the original. More...

180solutions, the infamous adware distributor, got in a very unpleasant situation. ZangoSearch, one of the company's products became associated with child porn. The story begins with the discovery of YapBrowser, a pretty useless program made by "Engima Global Inc. More...

SpywareQuake, the infamous trojan that downloads and installs the same named corrupt spyware remover has got a brand new variant. The latest parasite version works in the same manner as the original. It displays a system tray icon that shows a message saying that the compromised computer is infected with dangerous spyware parasites and asking the user to download and install a removal program. More...

The 2-Spyware. com research center has updated the larger part of the Anti-Spyware category. Almost 30 legitimate anti-spyware products in the list have been retested. More...

A lot of people, which systems recently got infected with SpywareQuake, SpyFalcon, SpywareStrike or SpyAxe wonder, how this could happen. They didn't download any malicious software, didn't visit adult web sites, etc. But how parasites get into your computer? The answer is simple. More...

Kaspersky Lab, a well-known antivirus company, has received a sample of the new virus that infects both Microsoft Windows and Linux systems. The parasite is actually the proof-of-concept code - it does not carry any dangerous payload. However, its discovery can mean that hackers are becoming interested in creating cross-platform threats that would affect all the users not depending on the operating system they use. More...

The Attorney General of New York, Eliot Spitzer, has sued Direct Revenue, one of the most elusive and hated spyware and adware distributors. He charges the company with illegally installing spyware parasites and adware software that served unsolicited advertisements to users' computers. Spitzer said that Direct Revenue bundled spyware with free applications, browser add-ons, games and other downloads. More...

Microsoft still did not release the fix for the latest highly critical vulnerability, which has been exploited by hackers and used to install malware to victim computers. Because of this, security experts encourage users to disable Active Scripting support in Internet Explorer or switch to alternative web browsers. However, there is another reason. More...