…and some of it masquerades as “marketing” and “newsletter” emails. In March 2010, spam continued to account for a high percentage of all email traffic, peaking at 93.6% of all messages. The majority of this spam email was sent using certain tactics that were deployed to hijack unsecured computers and hide the senders’ identity. Recently,…
I could talk about how The Matrix was a pretty big deal for me back in the day, or how The Matrix Online is (to date) the only MMORPG I ever liked enough to pay a monthly subscription for, or how I think people doing Kung Fu in bullet time is still the best thing…
Be on the lookout for websites offering up “free applications” which come with a nasty sting in the tail. Here’s a typical example: Appzkeygen(dot)com If you like videogame consoles, you may be a fan of emulators (programs that ape long dead consoles, allowing you to play old games on your PC – we’ll avoid the…
There’s an angelically tinged infection doing the rounds at the moment that has more than a whiff of sulphur about it. We can’t say for definite, but it looks like the point of this little angel is to turn your PC into a file storage area for an IRC channel since it dumps you into…
SecurePcAv is a phony antivirus program that has been infecting PC’s across the interwebs in recent days. If your PC is infected with SecurePcAv you will most likely experience the following: Fake system scans that report numerous infections and refuses to remove the supposed infections until you buy the phony software. Alerts and warnings stating…
SysProtector and ApcDefender are two new rogue antispyware programs released in the past 48 hours. SysProtector and APCDefender are potentially very dangerous PC infections. These rogues use fake security alerts and warnings to trick people into thinking their PC is under attack, all the while they drop fake files on the system. These rogues will…
This is an interesting sample, caught by our honeypots. The file comes as a zip archive from qtpom{removed}.tripod.com/codec.zip, which once extracted looks like this: It is almost undetected. Virus Total report here. Truth be told, no blatant sign of malware activity is noticed at first until this: What the heck? This is not my Google…
Crime traditionally increases during the holiday season, and cybercrime is no different. The malware writers, spammers and scammers are out in force. They’ve recently hit “Odnoklassniki” with this message: “Hi! I’ve got a New year surprise for you [emoticon] send 2133 279 (must be with a space) to 4460 and you’ll be pleasantly surprised! If…
The holidays are nearly here! If you’re still searching for the final perfect present, and are thinking of buying online, here’s a few practical tips to help keep your last-minute purchases secure: Keep your Internet Security solution updated, not just to the day but to the hour! They release frequent updates to make sure you’re…