Was just reading this article concerning a new version of Ransomware that seems to be emerging.
Seems to prompt with a message, that your system is locked and if you pay, they'll send you some code to unlock it.
Malware blocks booting - The H Security: News and Features
Seems like the /fixmbr...
As an IT Consultnat /Tech, computer & internet security is of paramount importance to me.
Without security, a computer (or network of computers) can (& probably will) become infected, and spread infection to others, whether the user knows their machine is affected OR NOT! This is not...
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My computer is infected with the double click cookie (virus). I have tried every software to try and remove it and I have followed instructions to go into my registry and try to fix it, but it is still double clicking when I click once. I hope someone here has a solution to this...
as the tittle says. i think i have an infection. recently i started with a lil wierd thing. i play this game called combat arms. before i could play without lag. now i get this tiny lag spike very tiny about every 20 seconds or more. i have checked my computer with diff. antivirus and nothing...
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I recently was perusing some unsavory websites (I'm sure you can guess) today and all of a sudden I got these messages which I started to ignore. Then it said that my flash player could not be run, or something like that. The main thing was that something has hijacked my computer, preventing me...
So my fiance plugged in a USB drive with music from limewire..security essentials popped up with a Trojan downloader...I hit fix, then said it was OK. I turned it on this morning and it popped up again. So I'm running a full scan, but what do you think? What should I do to get rid of this. It...
Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2011): Advisory published.
Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update to winload.exe to address an issue in driver signing enforcement. While this is not an issue that would require a security update, this update addresses a method by...
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Looks like a brand new Worm called Morto is using RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and port 3389 (default listening port) as an attack vector to infect some machines and subsequently using some type of brute force password guessing mechanism to further compromise these computers.
A good reason why...
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Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387752,00.asp
As you might notice, in the full article title, Microsoft also says to "Re-install Windows", which was Microsoft's original recommendation.
Reading the full article, you will note that, nowhere, does it say you have to re-install...
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hi guys, i no i not been on much over the last 2 weeks or so n maybe for another 2 weeks ill be on and off
i have a perforated ear drum and the pain is rather annoying at times...
when people say dont put cotton buds (the ones on the plastic stick thing) in your ear, seriously dont, i did that...
i downloaded usenext i don't like this software then i uninstalled it
then while i restarted it shows
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it is infected svchost.exe i can't delete this!!!and it is stored machineguid.txt file
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pls help how????
Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2011): Advisory published.Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update to winload.exe to address an issue in driver signing enforcement. While this is not an issue that would require a security update, this update addresses a method by which...
Just hours after Apple updated a security update to protect Mac users against a rash of scareware attacks, a new variant began circulating that completely bypasses the malware-blocking measure.
The trojan arrives in a file called mdinstall.pkg and installs MacGuard, a malicious application...
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LizaMoon infection: a blow-by-blow account
By Fred Langa
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A nasty piece of malware known as LizaMoon has hijacked links on millions of websites in the past weeks, including some normally safe iTunes and Google links.
Fortunately, LizaMoon is easy to...
Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2011): Advisory published.Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update to winload.exe to address an issue in driver signing enforcement. While this is not an issue that would require a security update, this update addresses a method by which...
Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2011): Advisory published. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update to winload.exe to address an issue in driver signing enforcement. While this is not an issue that would require a security update, this update addresses a method by...