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
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...
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...
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...