Computer Viruses
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Fake Links Deliver Malware On YouTube
It’s bad enough that some content on YouTube can inspire kids to do silly and sometimes dangerous things. But when you have to contend with the possibility of downloading malware while viewing such videos, one has to wonder if it’s even worth a visit anymore. Zlob adware, a Trojan, is what you get when clicking [...]
Getting To Know The Enemy
Earlier this week I posted about a phishing scam — an email designed to cause you alarm and to take action by downloading an attachment. It sounded official, and, to the unsuspecting eye, could really get your attention. I have another one to show you. My decision to include this is to serve as another [...]
A Case Of An Infected Phish
Recently, I was alerted to an email making the rounds. It poses itself as coming from the Better Business Bureau and asks for immediate action. All I had to do was download its attachment and follow the necessary steps. The message read as follows: From: Better Business Bureaus [mailto:operations@bbb.org] Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 7:07 [...]
Do You Scandoo?
Ever do a search at a search engine and come across a link that takes you to a site that has offensive material? Well, efforts are underway to protect you from that and more. Scandoo is just such a service that reduces your risk of viewing offensive material as well as identify sites that may [...]
Mac OS X Virus a Low-Level Threat
Believed to be the first of its kind, a virus specifically designed to infect the Macintosh platform has recently been discovered. The new worm, calling itself OSX/Leap-A, makes its way around by using Apple’s iChat instant message application. Because iChat is also compatible with AOL’s program, it turned a few more heads. The virus embeds [...]
Update: Windows Security Patch Available
I posted earlier this week about a security risk that affects the Windows OS. Microsoft has made a patch available. Specifically, this patch takes care of “a remote code execution security issue [that] has been identified in the Graphics Rendering Engine [and] could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control [...]