Tag Archives: Trojan
Personal Antivirus Removal
This old win32 worm is making a comeback and causing some concern with many users. When Windows starts, the user will receive a message about an infection of a Trojan win32 agent.
W32.Kitro.E.Worm is a worm that spreads by email and over social networks. The worm comes in a form of an attachment. This worm was [...]
Music Lovers Beware of the Worm!
There’s a new kind of malicious software targeting Windows users who download music. The new malware affects those who download music files on peer-to-peer networks, and inserts links to dangerous web pages within ASF (Advanced Systems Format) media files.
Advanced Systems Format is a Microsoft-defined container format for audio and video streams that can also hold [...]
Beware of World War III Hoax
Hackers are sending web users with malware-laden spam claiming that World War III has started following a US invasion of Iran.
Security experts warned today that spam emails with subject lines including ‘Third World War has begun’, ‘20000 US Soldiers in Iran’ and ‘US Army crossed Iran’s borders’ have been intercepted.
The emails contain links to a [...]
Symantec Fixes New Attack on Word
Microsoft, as of late, has been making headlines and not the headlines it would have hoped for.
Criminals have found a new way to attack PC users, taking advantage of what appears to be a new bug in Microsoft’s Word software, according to Symantec (Compare Patch and Vulnerability Management products).
Symantec warned of the attack Tuesday, saying [...]
Trojan Poses as July 4th Video
As predicted, hackers tried to trick users into downloading the Storm bot Trojan Friday by unleashing a flood of Fourth of July spam bearing links to malicious sites, several security companies reported.
The spam campaign, anticipated earlier in the week by MX Logic Inc. , used messages with subject headings ranging from “Amazing firework 2008″ and [...]
MAC OS Get’s Fitted for a Trojan
Though hackers target Macs far less frequently than Microsoft Windows PCs, doesn’t mean Mac users are in the clear by any means.
Antivirus firm SecureMac claims to have discovered multiple variants of a Trojan horse being distributed from a hacker Web site. The site hosts a discussion on distributing the Trojan horse through iChat and Limewire.
The [...]
