Archive for October, 2008

There are plenty of computer parasites created; every email inbox is targeted by spam and people can read about online scam schemes almost every day. However, there are some things each computer owner do to unwillingly compromise security. Some of them don’t know about the dangers and some of them think they can handle it. More...

Adult websites are known for spreading various computer parasites. Visiting porn sources may result adware, trojans and malicious toolbars secretly installed on a computer. Nevertheless, people keep risking their privacy and security being compromised in exchange for a glance at spicy pictures and videos. More...

Rogue security tools seem to be the most popular way to fool people and get their money, but the situation might change quite soon. Apparently malware creators noticed a glitch in most of corrupt anti-spyware. Although fake security tools are pretty convincing and people believe they are useful, most of customers decide not to pay for a license. More...

PDF (Portable Document Format) is widespread and loved for its versatility. But popularity often brings burden of being attacked by malware creators. PDF is not an exception; there were several important vulnerabilities found in the past. More...

People often believe that cyber scammers and malware creators are impossible to catch and punish. Fortunately, that’s not true. Although, malware makers are rarely identified, October 2008 brings some losses for scammers’ community as distributors of Antivirus XP rogue application are being sued. More...