Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
PandaLabs, a computer security firm, is reporting that cyber-crooks are setting traps on popular news-sharing website Digg.
Criminals pose as legitimate Digg members and then entice readers with bogus links to scintillating online video in comments posted in forums related to celebrity news, according to the Spain-based firm.
Digg is a website ...
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Saturday, January 31st, 2009
As of right now, it appears any google search you do will come up with all the same results as before. What has changed is that it appears to be reporting that every site might contain malware (i.e. it shows the "This site may harm your computer" warning with every ...
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
The odds are pretty good that this will never happen to you, but should a floating head of U.S. President Barack Obama pop up on your desktop Monday morning, know this: You've been hit with the Obama worm.
The worm was spotted this past Monday after it infected PCs at a ...
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
A social networking site operated by the 2008 Barack Obama campaign is serving up malware to unwary visitors a full week after the tactic was reported, a security researcher said today.
My.BarackObama.com, still active after the innauguration last week of President Obama, is being used by hackers trying to dupe users ...
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Yes, Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) really does have a GUI and can be run on-demand.
On Windows XP, click Start >Run and type mrt and press Enter. In Vista, click Start and type mrt into the Search box and press Enter. This launches the GUI for the tool:
Press Next ...
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