malware

Learn about the scope of the malware problem and strategies that can help you defend against evolving malware threats.
Managing and protecting against endpoint security threats continues to get more difficult for most organizations regardless of their size. Malware of all types are becoming more virulent, their authors are becoming better at getting around current defenses, [...]

One of the absurdities that is circulating is that even hackers are suffering in this economy. With the tough economic situation, supposedly hackers are having more competition. This is just one of the theories to explain why there is a steady increase in malware and criminal activity such as phishing and identity theft.
Whether it is [...]

I like the idea, but I think Comcast might need to rethink delivery. See, the concept of alerting users that it appears that their PCs are infected with malware using a banner is not really the right approach. I say this as clearly anyone paying attention is going to setup fake banners to look like [...]

As if we did not have enough malware and phishing concerns these days. This latest report on a security threat that all platform users might want to keep an eye on is rather disturbing. Apparently there is now malware out there that will go so far as to fabricate a fake page representing your latest [...]

In the past, I have had a difficult time using the terms Microsoft and security in the same sentence without bursting into laughter. Yet after seeing Microsoft’s latest anti-malware tool known as MSE, I think that we might finally see the Redmond giant releasing a tool that actually works as advertised.
In the past, Microsoft was [...]

At this time of year, some of our readers who are back to university and colleges have set up new email accounts. Some educational institutions require this in order to broadcast messages to its students. Unfortunately, this is just another avenue that hackers / criminals can use to access the computer. Spam is not only [...]

Learn about Web-based threats, the impact to your business, and the most effective solution to implement.
Web-borne malware is now more common than malware that enters an organization through email. The number of Web sites discovered per day that carry malware increased 400% in 2008. This drastic increase in infected sites can cause serious issues for [...]

Understand the precautions it takes to keep up with the sophisticated nature of email attacks.
More than three years after the infamous declaration from Microsoft’s Bill Gates that “spam will be solved” in 2009, unsolicited junk mail continues to bombard email servers, dumping malicious attachments, phishing lures and spam advertising for fake pharmaceuticals.
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The number of malware sites are increasing. IBM has reported an increased sophistication with attempts to infect computers. The frightening thing is that some malware is being pushed unknowingly by legitimate sites.
This is a danger to all computer users. However, there is one segment of our readers who are going back to school in a [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Andrew Hayter from ICSA Labs. ICSA Labs is the independent third party for validating security products such as anti-virus, malware, SSL security, etc. Andy digs into the state of the world around malware.
Andrew Hayter manages the anti-malware technology, certification and testing programs including anti-virus, anti-spyware, [...]

I have said it once and I will say it again: Never trust ATMs. Especially never trust non-bank owned ATMs. As this article points out, in some cases it might be a malware or security flaw that can get the best of you. In other cases, it might just be a completely fake ATM altogether, [...]

End users seem prone to fall for every hoax and every encouragement to “click here,” which makes it especially difficult for support professionals to protect those PCs.
Here are some tips geared toward safeguarding your users against their own gullibility and protecting your servers against virus attacks.

Tell your end users not to open attachments [...]

For definitive virus detection, you must turn to an anti-virus program with updated definitions. If a reputable anti-virus program will install, run, and complete a check successfully, and if its definitions have been updated within the last 24 hours, you can be fairly confident that the problem is not a virus. Otherwise, virus infection is [...]

In Part I of this series, I outlined some of the sure signs that your computer is infected with a virus. However, sometimes identifying a virus is not so cut and dry as the symptoms can disguise themselves as Windows problems.
You might have a virus if…
A virus infection could also cause some of [...]

Today’s PC viruses, Trojan Horses, worms, and blended threats can cause run-of-the mill Windows or application problems, out-of-memory errors, intermittent failures to fully start up, or installation or operation problems with applications. But these problems could also be caused by your typical hardware or software malfunction.
Here’s how to determine whether the culprit in question [...]

Some days, it seems as though there is a never-ending barrage of new malware out there in the cyber world. Hackers and criminals are increasingly creative in trying to get you to click the links, thus delivering you their malicious code. People using services like Twitter also have to be concerned about malware — just [...]

As if we needed a reminder that no matter how secure an OS is, there is always something out there that is able to get through. This is especially true if that something is a virus designed to attack your PC’s hardware… specifically, your CPU.
Firmware is not really something that is as easy to patch [...]

The unfortunate deaths of a number of celebrities recently has generated an increase in spam. Add political scandals to the news, and the junk mail really spikes upward. There has been (and will continue to be) a significantly higher volume of this junk email directed at your inbox. Not only is this spam a waste [...]

There is misconception that an anti-virus program has to hog computer resources in order to scan and protect a computer effectively. This may have been the case with some security programs in the past - but it does not hold true for Sunbelt Software’s VIPRE. This is both an anti-virus program and an anti-spyware program. [...]

There are two categories of firewalls: software-based and hardware-based. A software-based firewall, such as the Windows Firewall included with Vista, is more designed to protect a single computer connected to the Internet. A hardware-based firewall, on the other hand, is geared towards protecting an entire network of computers that are connected to the Internet. The [...]