malware

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...

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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...

Beware of spoof P2P installers

Microsoft highlights malware problem

I recently put in an old hard drive that has some old games with some cracks and keygens in the game folders (don't ask). My current version of AVG 8 Free Edition has flagged some of these cracks and keygens as Trojans. The descriptions look pretty generic though and that got me to wondering if...

Flash vulnerability exploited

http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/257569.html

Ok I get home day before yesterday and on my desktop is a small window stating that my paypal account has been hacked and i need to log into it so I can do whatever... I close the 3 windows via task manager and continue as per usaul. Virus scan hasn't picked up anything. This morning when...

Hi, After battling a nasty trojan infection on an external drive that was shared between three laptops, I can recommend that you all consider disabling Windows' auto-run feature on external hard drives and USB flash drives. Wow! What a hassle - we relied on AVG's free antivirus which I now...

/Begin Rant Ok this is what happened. This guy from work comes up to me and says I need to credit a client R 10k for data downloads because of a program running "Update.exe" This is part of the Huawei package to update the software for the data card. I asked this guy, ok so from which...

MP3 trojan doing the rounds

im sure i speak for many users, not just those registered here but all internet users who suffers from spyware / malware / adware! :sick::mad::eek: plz can we get more replies to all the threads located in the internet security forum! many like in really alot of people will appriciate it...

i dnt know what this is plz help:(:(:( http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php?photo=3723

Not sure if you guys have chatted about this before, if so i apologize, but here goes. One of my friends has a weekender that he uses on occasion as a data card on his laptop, if his prepaid one runs out. He had this data card in his laptop for tree days. He received a phone call from Vodacom...