New Microsoft Antivirus Tool Arrives Today

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Microsoft Security Essentials, the company's new anti-malware software, will be available Tuesday, according Bob Muglia, the president of Microsoft's server and tools division. The release of the software, which was code-named Morro, has been rumored for days, but Muglia on Monday confirmed that the free software would be available for download ...

F-Secure Health Check 2.0 Beta

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

F-Secure Health Check checks your computer for potentially unsafe software and, by suggesting solutions, helps you to resolve the situation before it turns into a problem. What security measures you take, is entirely up to you. F-Secure Health Check does not check your computer for Viruses, Trojan Horses, Backdoors, Bots, Rootkits ...

Google Groups Used To Direct Trojan Malware

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Google's free online newsgroup Google Groups hosts plenty of harmless user-generated content. But like any service that allows users to post information, it also turns out to be useful for "misuser-generated content."A Symantec security researcher has found that Trojan malware is using Google Groups to fetch commands for directing its ...

Laptop Lojack Vulnerability Exposed

Friday, July 31st, 2009

A pair of computer security researchers have discovered a BIOS vulnerability caused by the Computrace Laptop Lojack software, serving as a rootkit to potentially let malware nest and thrive in an estimated 60% of newish laptops. The research team of Alfredo Ortega and Anibal Sacco say that when malware infects a ...

eBay auction tool website infected with malware

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 ...