Archive for 'Virus Threats'
FarmVille Cheats come with Viruses
FarmVille is a very popular and addicting game on Facebook. There are many players who are looking to get an edge by searching for FarmVille Cheats on Google and other search engines. The problem with searching for Farmville cheats is what you may get in return. There are sites that are capitalizing on the popular [...]
Full StoryBeware of Fake Adobe Player Update
A friend of mine on one of the popular social networks advised me of a malicious site that is prompting users to download the Adobe Flash Plug-in. This fake plug-in will fool many people, because it looks and interacts just like the real Adobe Player prompts. First, it serves up a professionally designed spicy website [...]
Full StorySexy Facebook Beach Babes come with Malware
There’s a rogue application on Facebook that is posting links on Facebook Walls that supposedly open a video showing “Distracting Beach Babes“. In fact, clicking the bogus “video” links can install the rogue app, send copies of the Malware messages to the Wall’s of the Facebook user’s friends and download Malware to the user’s computer. [...]
Full StoryFacebook Toolbar Malware Spam
Cyber Criminals drool over the fact they can target an audience of more than 400 million users. These criminals are getting more sophisticated by re-engineering old threats into fresh and more convincing ones. This one purports to be a toolbar that makes it easier to connect with folks on Facebook. The Download Here link leads [...]
Full StoryHow to Remove the Instant Messenger Worm
There’s a new IM Worm spreading on Yahoo Messenger. The good news is that the file is an executable which requires a user to run it for it to become active. Unfortunately, users will more than likely run the .exe file as they may think it is safe because it came from a friend. A [...]
Full StoryMozilla Add-ons Serving Malware
The most embarrassing thing about all this is that these infected experimental add-ons have been available for download for several months. How can Mozilla be unaware of this for that long? According to Mozilla, version 4.0 of Sothink Web Video Downloader is infected with password sniffer Win32.LdPinch.gen and Master Filer is infected with the backdoor [...]
Full StoryXP Users Update Flash Player Now
Once again Microsoft issued a warning that users who are currently using the default Adobe Flash Player 6 that comes preloaded in XP to upgrade now! The Adobe Flash Player 6 that ships by default in Windows XP is vulnerable to multiple code execution vulnerabilities that could lead to PC takeover attacks, according to the [...]
Full StoryConficker Worm of 2009
Conficker worm first appeared at the end of 2008, but it was in 2009 that the Conficker worm caused the most problems with users worldwide. The worm affected anything in its path, like a Godzilla of worms. It had no prejudice of who its next victim would be. It crippled small and medium size business, [...]
Full StoryKoobface Botnet Attacking URL Shortening Service
A user clicking on a bit.ly link generated by the Koobface botnet will get forwarded to a Blogspot account that’s already infected with Koobface. The Koobface will load a Xmas season themed template from a Koobface infected host. A similar redirection will take place if the user clicks on the spamvertised Google News redirector, or [...]
Full StoryInternet Explorer Exploit on the Loose
This Metasploit exploit is more intelligent and dangerous. It affects older versions of IE that have JavaScript enabled. The versions that are vulnerable are IE6 and IE7. This exploit is for a very popular hacking technique called a drive-by attack. Victims are tricked into visiting Web sites that contain malicious code where they are then [...]
Full StoryConficker Wakes Up with Rogue Software
Conficker has been a mystery on when it would show its ugly face, but that has all changed. The secret is out on Conficker! Anti-virus companies reported seeing Conficker systems being updated with SpywareProtect2009, a so-called “misleading application” product that uses fake security alerts to frighten consumers into paying for bogus computer security software. According [...]
Full StoryConficker Variant is a Dud
Conficker (C) was programmed today to actively visit 500 out of 50,000 randomly generated web addresses to receive new instructions on how to behave. Conficker has begun to do this, according to security company F-Secure, but so far no doomsday scenarios have emerged. According to security experts, the consensus seems to be that very little [...]
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