Tag Archives: Internet Security
How to Remove AntivirusAgentPro – Misleading Application
There are more than 30 misleading applications and or rogue software that have made there way on to the internet in 2009. This type of software is fraudulent, and its sole purpose is to fool computer users in purchasing the full license version to remove the false or exaggerated infection. Name: Antivirus Agent Pro Version: [...]
Full StoryCyber Safety for Young People
The internet, e-mail and text messaging are now part of everyday life for most teenagers. They are great ways to find out information and contact your friends and family, but you should make sure that you use it safely. Social networking sites like Bebo, Facebook and My Space are very popular, but you have to [...]
Full StorySocial Network Scams and Fakes
The popularity of sites such as Facebook and MySpace have spawned malicious imitators. The main tactic they use to peddle their scams is “social engineering”. Wikipedia has a good definition: “Social engineering is the act of manipulating people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. While similar to a confidence trick or simple fraud, the [...]
Full StoryFraud Alert – Beware of this Fake Antivirus
Unvirex is a misleading application that gives false reports of threats on the computer. Once a user downloads this application, they’re prompted to purchase the full license in order to remove the false infection. This web site has been reported and marked red using the WOT (Web of Trust) Firefox add-on. Name: Unvirex Version: 1.0.0.1 [...]
Full StoryPHP Script Injection Exploit in WordPress 2.7.1
I experienced my first site hack this weekend thanks to a warning message from Kaspersky Internet Security. When I logged into the admin panel of WordPress, it detected the gumblar.cn/rss/?* in my Firefox browser. After a little Google research, I found out that this was a PHP script injection that had found its way into [...]
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 [...]
Full StoryComcast Users Exposed to Phishing
Cyber crime continues and now it has targeted Comcast usernames and passwords. Around 700 of America’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) Comcast’s subscribers’ user names and passwords have been lying vulnerable on the internet for the last 2 months. The list of compromised passwords was discovered earlier this week on document-sharing site Scribd by Kevin Andreyo, [...]
Full StoryPhishing App Targets Facebook Users
Beware of this sophisticated hoax that tricks Facebook users in thinking they have been reported “for violating our Terms of Service”. The message continues: “This is your official warning! – Click here to find out why you were reported!”. However, any web user clicking the link will give hackers access to their profile and personal [...]
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