Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Firefox 3.0.6 fixes several issues found in Firefox 3.0.5:
Fixed several security issues.
Fixed several stability issues.
In previous versions of Firefox, some users experienced a problem where parts of ...
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
USB worms work by creating a file called AUTORUN.INF on the root of USB drives. These INF files then use Autorun or Autoplay to execute themselves either when the stick is inserted, or more commonly, when the user double-clicks on the USB drive icon from My Computer. Such malicious AUTORUN.INF ...
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
VirusTotal is a service that analyzes suspicious files and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware detected by antivirus engines.
Specs:
Free, independent service
Use of multiple antivirus engines
Real-time automatic updates of virus signatures
Detailed results from each antivirus engine
Real time global statistics
You can also email your file ...
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, recovering wireless network keys, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords ...
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
A new trojan once again underscores the importance of exercising caution when downloading. Disguised as a keygen, Troj/Qhost-AC is one of the strangest pieces of malware I've seen.
The trojan doesn't appear to be particularly malicious. Its mission: to prevent you from downloading torrents from PirateBay and Mininova, keep you from ...
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