Nov 29, 2012 | Adware, Spyware and Trojans
2012 has been a memorable year – perhaps not the number of massive infiltrations that we saw in 2011, but memorable all the same. Why? Because this was the year in which the prediction that mobile malware would become more than a theory – and it has....
Nov 5, 2012 | Adware, Spyware and Trojans, General Security
Spammers took advantage of the Zeus botnet earlier this month to spread a phishing email claiming that “Romney will soon be President” – the links in the email pretended to be from CNN – but instead took those who were clicking them to a fake...
Oct 29, 2012 | Adware, Spyware and Trojans, Mobile Security, Virus & AntiVirus News
As is usual with any major event, scammers and malware authors will be sending out email after email to those who want to learn about or help those affected by the Post-Tropical Storm Sandy. We always caution users to be wary of clicking on links in unsolicited...
Oct 2, 2012 | Adware, Spyware and Trojans
The labs are working on it – but this just arrived from a facebook friend – an invitation to an event on facebook – supposedly to win two tickets from SouthWest Airlines… well, following our own perennial advice, we looked carefully at the...
Aug 14, 2012 | Adware, Spyware and Trojans
By Steve Ragan he malware responsible for attacks on at least 30 local governments, universities, and businesses in the Netherlands, Dorifel (XDocCrypt), is still actively spreading and causing new infections, despite a wide net of detection within the anti-Virus...
Jul 29, 2012 | Adware, Spyware and Trojans, General Security
Want to access the music tracks of YouTube.com videos on your iPod but don’t want to pay? You’re not alone. Recently, a crop of websites have popped up offering to convert the audio from videos to .mp3 files that you can then download at no charge. Sounds great,...