Saturday, March 8th, 2008
W32.Blaster.Worm is a worm that exploits the DCOM RPC vulnerability (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026) using TCP port 135. This worm attempts to download and run the Msblast.exe file.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html
W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
HijackThis examines certain key areas of the Registry and Hard Drive and lists their contents. These are areas which are used by both legitimate programmers and hijackers. It's up to you to decide what should be removed. Some items are perfectly fine. You should not remove them. Never remove everything. ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
A new malware is being distributed that hijacks Internet Explorer start and search settings to one of several different web sites, including coolwwwsearch.com, coolwebsearch.com, youfindall.net, ok-search.com, and white-pages.ws. All of these web sites appear to have an affiliate relationship with coolwebsearch.com in which coolwebsearch pays them for for every visitor ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Do you have a Paypal account? If so, then you need to be aware that, once again, someone is trying to steal your password.These scams are usually easy to spot because Paypal always logs you into your account using a secure page (https:// means secure). In this case, however, the ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Those of you who want to try your hacking prowess, yet avoid legal entanglements, can try out this site. A lot harder than I thought it would be, but very interesting. The only caveat is that you aren't allowed to share information about the levels. So if you figure it ...
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