Microsoft seems to have a tough time really. They go to great lengths to make better software for the mass market, and people go to greater lengths to sniff out any security vulnerabilities and the publish them to the net. In the news today is a report of the latest security vulnerability in the Internet Explorer...
Reports in that the Koobface virus/trojan than sometimes plagues Facebook is back on the march again. Of course, these reports may not be very reliable, as they are from personal status updates on Facebook! Just spotted this Facebook status update: “Virus spreading like wildfire on Fb and My Space! It is a trojan worm...
You are probably due an email any day now to let you know that Adobe is upgrading Acrobat with a 2011 edition. It is always wise to upgrade as soon as possible as some upgrades close security exploits than hackers and viruses take advantage of. But wait ….. If Adobe are upgrading Acrobat, why...
Had another call today from a firm telling me that my computer was generating errors caused by malware, which was caused because my security warranty was out of date. I had a similar call the other day, and knowing it to be a scam I got rid of them pretty quickly. Today I decided...
I just got an email and the person sending it was promoting (spamming) a product but I was curious about what it was. After my recent virus after opening a Google Alert email I did not want to look at the URL direct, so I Googled a solution How To View TinyURL’s Without Visiting...
Last night I received a Google Alert for one of my websites. For those that do not know what this means, Google Alerts is a service that Google provide for free which will send you an email whenever a word or phrase appears to them for the first time. Google Alerts is handy for...
Google has updated its Image Search Engine and it looks really good. But while browsing today I came across 2 Trojan horse attack sites (Avast! picked up and blocked the attack). Neither image was naughty, in fact one image was of Marissa Mayer herself, the brains behind search at Google. So this post is...
My Dad called me today to say that he had a problem with his PC. A rogue anti-virus got installed on his PC and has hijacked it. He is running McAfee AV but that failed to stop it, although he did admit that he saw warnings, but really thought at the time that the...
Microsoft is set to release a big operating system update tomorrow, 13th October, to close some security loop holes and improve performance. The update will be the biggest single software update ever released by Microsoft. In total 34 different securities culnerabilities will be fixed, and these include 8 critical “bulletins”. The update will be...
There is currently a major PC virus attack in progress, which is affecting millions of PC’s, and mostly is going unnoticed by home computer owners that do not follow PC security news, or run AV software. The virus is called Conflicker, and appeared in October 2008. All the major AV houses spotted it and...
Computer security firm Sophos has warned that many new websites have sprung up that are exploiting the death of actress Natasha Richardson. Many of the sites are designed to attract people that are searching for information on her life and the tragic skiining accident, but then host bogus anti-virus software which is actually a...
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