Tag: virus
How To Get Rid Of the HDD Scan / WinHDD Scam Virus
An all-too-familiar scenario: you’re surfing the web with your browser thinking that you’re safe thanks to your secure software, ad blocker and updated virus definitions. Then suddenly you see a pop-up in the notifications area. Something about a disk drive failure or corrupt data. Maybe your browser crashes. Then about 50 warning windows pop up [...]
Flashback Checker Finds Out if Your Mac Is Infected with Flashback Malware
Last week we told you about the Flashback Trojan that infected about one percent of all Mac OS X systems and showed you how to remove it, but there’s now an easier way to check. The malware hit 450,000 Macs. That’s one percent of the 45 Million Macs worldwide. While Flashback infected a relatively small number [...]
New Trojan Turns Off OS X Malware Detection
A new vulnerability has appeared on OS-X, exploited by a Trojan (a program that pretends to be another, safe piece of software to socially trick users into giving it a system password) that turns off the built in malware detection system. This piece of software will disable Apple’s XProtect system, which automatically and quietly downloads updates [...]
SUPERAntiSpyware 5 Offers Free Spyware Protection and Removal
When it comes to protecting your computer there are multiple threats out there which aim to take control of your computer and use it for nefarious purposes. Malware and virus threats attempt to take control of your computer and or steal your data. As the criminals get more advanced, consumers need a broader toolkit to [...]
Apple Security Update Works Against MacDefender, So Does Sophos
Apple’s new security feature which daily updates the built-in security virus and malware definitions list in the background works as planned when dealing with the MacDefender threat. Apple no longer updates the list via Software Update, but instead silently in the background as soon as it is available and your computer is online. As a [...]
Apple Handling Early Malware Threats More Aggressively Than Microsoft
Apple released an update yesterday that deals with the MacDefender problem and also will help you avoid future infections. It adds a new tool to the security features of OS X that daily updates a list of known malware. When you download a file from the Internet, the operating system will scan the file and [...]
Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Cleans Viruses and Malware
Microsoft has released the Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper, a new tool that works alongside Microsoft Security Essentials, as an advanced system cleaner. If you have a difficult to remove malware or virus problem, this new tool from Microsoft may be able to detect and remove the problem. Unlike the Security Essentials, this new tool creates [...]
Email Malware Increases Dramatically, Prepare for More from Epsilon Breach
Malware and virus distribution over email is on the rise, with a major spike in malicious attachments claiming to be from Facebook or UPS, at one point accounting for nearly 30% of all email sent. The news comes by way of CommTouch, an Internet Security website, and is especially troubling when you consider the recent data breaches at Epsilon that has [...]
Samsung Notebooks Come with Key Logger Installed (Updated – False Positive)
Samsung is investigating the inclusion of key logger software on various Samsung Notebooks after Mohamed Hassan, an IT expert found the StarLogger key logging software on two different Samsung notebooks, purchased from two different locations. We have confirmed that the StarLogger is present on at least one other system which we have in for review. [...]
A Java Update To Far: When Updates Do More Harm than Good
Java updates are really taking it too far these days. This weekend I had to help my in-laws update their computer. They had received an unfamiliar popup telling them to install an antivirus program they went familiar with. Thankfully they had listened to my advice and closed what they thought was an attempt to install [...]
