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Malware is becoming the most popular way for computers to get infected. Malware, short for malicious software, is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner's informed consent. The expression is a general term used by computer professionals to mean a variety of forms of hostile, intrusive, or annoying software or program code.

  • Virus Protector Analysis and Removal
    Virus Protector is another one of those fraudulent security programs that uses scare messages in various colors, sizes and shapes to scam the unwary victims to part with their money for the fake product. The scare messages are many, flooding the desktop every few seconds making it unusable. The scare messages mainly warn about Spam [...]
  • Antivirus PC 2009 Analysis and Removal
    Antivirus PC 2009 is a fraudulent security software program that is designed to scare the victims with multiple system alerts about non-existent malware infections in order to scam them into paying for its purchase. … [visit site to read more] Advt Limited period offer! AVG Anti-Virus 9.0 2 years for the price of 1 – Coupon [...]
  • Google engineer posts sample code to show how to bypass DEP in Windows
    "The disclosure of a new exploit technique that bypasses an important Windows security feature may result in more successful attacks against Microsoft’s newer operating systems, researchers said today. … [visit site to read more] Advt Limited period offer! Save 25% on a 2 year subscription of avast! 5 Pro Antivirus – Coupon Code: No Code Needed! – more [...]
  • Too many passwords?
    "How many web sites do you log into? Your bank? Facebook, Myspace and any number of other social networking sites? Auction sites? Shopping sites? Maybe lots of others too. Every site, of course, requires you to create a password. And if the site is serious about security, it may even set certain rules. For example, [...]
  • Antivirus software often foxed by malicious URLs
    "Many malicious URLs are now invisible to URL filters and antivirus software alike, a web security company has found after conducting its own tests. … [visit site to read more] Advt Limited period offer! Get McAfee Total Protection for only $49.99 after $30 off! – Coupon Code: No Code Needed! – more offers! You may also like to [...]
  • Microsoft: Don’t press F1 key in Windows XP
    "Microsoft told Windows XP users today not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site, as part of its reaction to an unpatched vulnerability that hackers could exploit to hijack PCs running Internet Explorer (IE). In a security advisory issued late Monday, Microsoft confirmed the unpatched bug in VBScript that Polish researcher [...]
  • Q and A: Malware analysis
    "Greg Hoglund is the CEO and Founder of HBGary. He has been a pioneer in the area of software security. After writing one of the first network vulnerability scanners, he created and documented the first Windows NT-based rootkit, founding rootkit.com in the process. Greg went on to co-found Cenzic through which he orchestrated numerous innovations [...]
  • Websites offered free anti-hijack scans
    "Web admins and owners are being offered a free service that will scan their sites for malware hijacks, alerting them automatically if malicious code is found. The QualysGuard Malware Detection, launched as a beta this week, uses a combination of ‘static’ and behavioural analysis to take a closer look at web pages under a given [...]
  • Attack of the Rogues: Fake Windows Action Center
    Microsoft debuted Windows Security Center (WSC) with Windows XP SP2 that helps in checking the status of software Firewall, Antivirus software and Windows Automatic Updates. If any of the three is switched off or found outdated, the Windows Security Center sends the user an alert via a pop-up notification balloon. With Windows Vista, Microsoft added monitoring [...]
  • Microsoft investigates unpatched flaw that affects users running IE7 and IE8
    "Microsoft on Sunday confirmed it’s investigating an unpatched bug in VBScript that hackers could exploit to plant malware on Windows XP machines running Internet Explorer (IE). The flaw could be used by attackers to inject malicious code onto victims’ PCs, said Maurycy Prodeus, the Polish security analyst with iSEC Security Research who revealed the vulnerability [...]