Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Apply all of the browser, application and OS patches you want, your machine still can be completely and silently compromised at the lowest level--without the use of any vulnerability.
That was the rather sobering message delivered by a pair of security researchers from Core Security Technologies in a talk at the ...
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Windows has, for many years, come with a special mode you can load at boot called Safe Mode. The idea is that non-essential services and software don't load in safe mode and so it can be useful in diagnosing system problems.
You might assume that it can be useful in fixing ...
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Win32/Koobface is a worm that may spread when a user logs into their profile account on the Internet social network sites MySpace, Facebook and others. The following system changes may indicate the presence of this malware:
Addition of the following files:
%windir%\bolivar19.exe
%windir%\bolivar31.exe
%windir%\bolivar30.exe
%windir%\ld01.exe
%windir%\che08.exe
%windir%\freddy35.exe
And/or the getting the following message box:
March's edition of the Malicious Software Removal ...
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
A Trojan horse lurking on servers belonging to Auctiva.com, a Web site offering eBay auction tools, infected people's PCs last week.
The problem became very public when Google's malware warning system kicked in as people tried to browse the site, saying Auctiva was infected with malware. Google will display an interstitial ...
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
The criminals behind the widespread Conficker worm have released a new version of the malware that could signal a major shift in the way the worm operates.
The new variant, dubbed Conficker B++, was spotted three days ago by SRI International researchers, who published details of the new code on Thursday. ...
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