Archive for February, 2007

We all hate spammers, right? How many times did you see spam with unrelated links on your favorite forums? I bet you see it often. Sometimes you also receive bogus e-mails or instant messages containing malicious links from your buddies or complete strangers. You are very lucky, if you don’t.
So, who sends all that spam? […]

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 […]

How many of us have computers connected to the Internet through routers? The number of dial-up connections is dramatically decreasing each year. Now most people use cable, DSL and other broadband connections, most of which require a router. Even wireless goes through it.
Today, routers are quite cheap and functional. You can connect your desktop computer, […]

We see a major decrease in AntiVermins, AntiVerminser and AntiVermeans infections. Does this mean we can all rest now and surf the Internet without fear like long time ago? No, we can’t! There’s a new rogue on the loose. Meet SpyDawn.
SpyDawn is brand new corrupt anti-spyware illegally distributed with the help of malicious parasites, exploits […]

Table of contents.
Why do you need to get rid of SpyDawn?
What installs SpyDawn without your knowledge and consent?
Are you infected?
Automatic removal of the SpyDawn trojan
Manual removal of the SpyDawn trojan
Alternative SpyDawn manual removal instructions
Why do you need to get rid of SpyDawn?

SpyDawn is a corrupt anti-spyware program illegally installed to user computers by widely spread […]

On Tuesday, Microsoft released monthly security updates issuing patches to fix 20 vulnerabilities in its most popular software including Windows, Office and even new anti-spyware and antivirus tools.
More than a half of these flaws are marked as critical. In other words, hackers can either exploit them remotely, or use them to gain control over […]

Panda Software, makers of the popular Panda Antivirus, have noticed new rapidly spreading Internet worm. This parasite has already infected hundreds, if not thousands of computers around the world. And that’s less than in one day.
Nurech, that’s how the new threat is called, is a mass-mailing worm that arrives attached to bogus e-mails with variable […]

AntiVermins, corrupt illegally distributed spyware remover, has got the new name (AntiVerminser) one month ago. The name was the only difference between the original application and its successor. Needless to say that this change has been introduced in order to avoid detection by legitimate spyware removers.
Today the situation is better. Most spyware removers detect and […]

hpHOSTS is a web site of the community managed hosts file, which is used for blocking access to thousands of malicious web sites. This file can be merged with the user’s current hosts file, but can also replace the original. Once installed, hpHOSTS blocks access to more than 46,000 host names. All of these host […]