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
Protect yourself with website trustwothiness rankings
Opera recommends the Web of Trust extension to help protect yourself against cybercrime and malware
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
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
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
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...
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...