malware

Sometimes it is difficult not to have some sympathy for the Internet security people. It seems that they have an uphill battle and often the headlines are not encouraging. For example, earlier this month, Gregg Keizer reported “Windows 7 more vulnerable to malware than Vista, says researcher.”* Then there are reports saying that Twitter has [...]

There used to be the belief that if one stays away from “bad” Web sites, then malware is not a problem. That is not true, as a recent example with the New York Times illustrated. The popular news Web site was compromised, and the trusted site was serving up malicious ads:
The malicious ad took [...]

Q: Is the Conficker worm making the rounds again or are the email warnings a hoax? – Leslie
A: The current crop of ‘Conficker.B ‘email warnings that are purporting to be from Microsoft are in fact a hoax that’s trying to infect computers with the fake ‘Antivirus 2010′ program.
This is just another example of the creative [...]

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I had to chuckle a little while ago when someone in our live chat room stated that Google’s new operating system will be 100% invulnerable to malware attacks. That’s an awful hefty claim for Google to make, if it in fact did. The truth is that nothing is impossible in this day and age of [...]

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 [...]

Q: Is Microsoft’s new anti-virus tool good enough to get rid of the protection software that I am paying for? – Paul
A: The need for good protection software against the thousands of malicious software attacks (a.k.a. malware) is critical, especially since the level and cleverness of the attacks is on the rise.
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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]