Published in November 28th, 2008
Due to the spread of a worm on the army networks, the US army has recently had to ban all removable media. This includes media such as USB drives, flash memory cards, disks, removable drives etc.
This has been an issue for the army and any type of worm/virus/malware that can spread via removable devices does [...]
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Published in November 27th, 2008
There is a new adware called OneStep that is high risk for all Windows operating systems.
OneStep installs itself as a browser search plugin. Once the adware is installed it will create various registry keys and files. It will also create a “OneStep” folder in your program files directory.
OneStep will redirect your browser to onestepsearch.net, as [...]
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Published in November 25th, 2008
An exploit has just been discovered in Google’s Gmail, which could allow hackers to add filters to certain accounts. The filter can then be used to forward email from a Gmail account to a hackers account while also deleting it from the victims inbox.
Aside from getting into your email, this could also be used for [...]
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Published in November 24th, 2008
This is a medium risk worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system and is also known as “Downadup”. The worm spreads via the Windows Server Service RPC exploit.
The worm will create a randomly named .dll file on infected computers. It will also remove Windows system restore points. The worm will then create a [...]
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Published in November 20th, 2008
W32.Redlofs is a low risk worm that is currently affecting all versions of the Windows operating system.
The worm spreads by copying itself to hard drives and removable drives. Once these drives are connected to another computer, the worm will then copy itself to those drives and spread further.
On infected computers, the worm will copy itself [...]
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Published in November 18th, 2008
An Orlando company has been ordered not to sell keylogger spyware by a district court. The company, Cyberspy Software, LLC, marketed a product called RemoteSpy keylogger spyware to customers, who in turn were enabled to secretly monitor unsuspecting users computers.
The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint (PDF) against Florida-based CyberSpy Software on November 5, alleging [...]
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Published in November 17th, 2008
This is a new worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The worm spreads via network shares and mapped drives.
On infected computers, the worm will copy itself to a file called “sbsb.exe”. The worm will also create numerous registry entries and will attempt to download files from remote locations. The remote files [...]
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Published in November 13th, 2008
This is a trojan affecting Windows operating systems.
When a computer is infected, the trojan will add registry entries as well as adding a program “retadpu.exe” in the startup task list.
This trojan attempts to download more harmful malware onto infected systems. Once the additional malware is installed, the infected computer will experience huge problems.
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Published in November 11th, 2008
W32.Gaut is a new worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
The worm spreads via drives and instant messaging programs. It can spread to removable or fixed storage drives and if these are connected to other computers it will then attempt to spread to those drives.
The worm will add various registry keys and files [...]
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Published in November 10th, 2008
If you are looking for another great spyware removal tool to add to your toolkit, then this is one of the best out there.
Spyware Doctor (from PC Tools) has been around for years and this product has won numerous awards. It has gone through many revisions over time, but is now one of the most [...]
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