malware

South Africa most targeted by email malware in February 2011 Symantec’s 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence Report reveals that South Africa is the most targeted country by email malware worldwide

Android malware warning Symantec warns about an increase in malware for the Android platform, such as malicious applications masquerading as legitimate applications

Scamming malware prolific in January 2011 Scammers, free loaders and multifunctional worms were the name of the Malware game in January 2011 according to Kaspersky Lab

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Malware, phishing and spam on the rise via social networks Sophos found that malware, phishing and spam spread over social networks had increased dramatically in 2010

Sophos have released their latest Security Threat Report and the results reveal that Apache is the most compromised server, China has overtaken the US as the country that hosts the most web threats and threats from the web are becoming more prolific. By examining a sample of the webpages...

Drive-by downloads were the biggest malware threat of November Kaspersky Lab reports that drive-by downloads were the largest threat to users in November

Common Mac-based malware detailed The most common Mac-based malware is revealed by Sophos

Spam distributed malware attachments on the rise Kaspersky Lab shares some of the key findings of its spam report for the third quarter of 2010

Malware watch in October Kaspersky warns about the continuing onslaught of the Zeus trojan and fake archiving software

After lots of head scratching, I have finally come up with my favourite method to prevent these annoying infections: There are two things to do: 1) Disable autorun. Autorun is a pain in the butt and very insecure. Copy and paste the text below into a file with .reg extension, then...

Unpatched software still falling victim to malware In a recent report by Kaspersky the company said that vulnerabilities in unpatched software still allow many users' computers to be exploited

Trojans are the most prevalent threat in 2010 The malware distribution techniques in the spotlight this quarter include click-jacking, BlackHat SEO and 0-day attacks

Top 10 spam subject lines revealed Spam-distributed malware back with a vengeance, Symantec reveals top ten spam subject lines

Fake malware websites created at a rate of over 57 000 per week According to Panda Security 57 000 fake websites are created weekly for the purposes of infecting and attacking user computers

False celebrity deaths used in malware attacks Malicious spam is luring its victims with claims of celebrity deaths

Adobe products the number one target for malware Adobe products are currently the primary target for hackers and virus writers worldwide. According to Kaspersky Lab, Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader have become the primary vehicle for malware, due to their prevalence and multi-platform...

Stunning article - made me laugh and reflect... http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/06/23/5-things-i-wish-some-people-wouldnt-install-on-their-pcs/

Okay so I figured that I must have a serious vicious piece of virus/malware that is loading into my BIOS each time I boot up which is why my computer randomly craps out - and of course my beautiful anti-virus Avast wouldn't pick it up because hey, it's malware. So guys, since I cannot scan...

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