Posted on July 24, 2008 @ 3:00 pm by jflaxen
Sorry for the lack of updates but found another good guide at the BleepingComptuer.com Malware Removal section:
XLG Security Center, or XLGuarder, is a rogue anti-spyware program that displays misleading alerts and scan results in order to scare you into purchasing the software. When first installed, XLG Security Center will automatically scan your computer and list [...]
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Posted on July 17, 2008 @ 10:17 pm by jflaxen
Sorry for the lack of updates but found another good guide at PCBugSquad.com:
THe USS.exe Trojan is an executable that gets installed on your computer along with other malware. This infection will also install a service called wasfsd that uses the filename C:\Windows\System32\drivers\System32. When running, this Trojan will display fake alerts that state your computer is [...]
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Posted on July 15, 2008 @ 6:03 pm by jflaxen
Found a guide on PCBugSquad.com on removing this new rogue:
Antivirus Master is a new rogue anti-spyware program that is a master of nothing. This program proclaims itself as a master of removing malware from your computer. In reality, though, this program is the actual infection. When Antivirus Master scans your computer it will list infections [...]
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Posted on July 12, 2008 @ 8:21 am by jflaxen
If you use ZoneAlarm and lately have bee having trouble connecting to the internet then it may be caused by a new Microsoft Update that was release. An explanation and guide can be found at BleepingComputer.com
Guide On Fixing Connectivity Problems For Users Running Zonealarm
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Posted on July 11, 2008 @ 11:11 am by jflaxen
An interesting article was published by Raymond.cc where they have installed all of the major anti-malware software and determined how much memory they use on your computer. The results show that the app that used the lowest memory is PC Tools Antivirus and the one that used the most is G DATA AntiVirus 2008, which [...]
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Posted on July 11, 2008 @ 11:07 am by jflaxen
It appears that with Microsoft’s release of Update KB951748 that it has broken ZoneAlarm. In an attempt to resolve some vulnerabilities in the Windows DNS Services, it has also caused a lot of problems for ZoneAlarm users.
If you use ZoneAlarm and have installed the update you may have found that you no longer can connect [...]
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Posted on July 11, 2008 @ 10:36 am by jflaxen
Found a guide on PCBugSquad.com on removing this new rogue:
PCTotalDefender is a new rogue anti-spyware program that displays fake information in order to scare you into purchasing the program. This program is typically advertised through sites that pretend to be scanning your computer. In reality they are just advertisements trying to trick you into purchasing [...]
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Posted on July 5, 2008 @ 1:13 pm by jflaxen
New guide at BleepingComputer.com:
Wista Antivirus is a rogue anti-spyware program that deliberately displays false information to scare you into purchasing their software. When Wista Antivirus is installed on your computer, it will automatically scan for malware and display a variety of infections on your computer that cannot be removed unless you first purchase the software. [...]
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Posted on July 2, 2008 @ 8:23 pm by jflaxen
A recent collaborative study between Google, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and IBM offers new insight into how many people surfing the web are doing so safely. According to the report, a clear majority of users (some 59 percent) are using the latest version of their preferred Internet browser—but that still leaves 40.1 percent [...]
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Posted on July 2, 2008 @ 5:20 pm by jflaxen
According to a new study from researchers at Google, IBM and ETH Zurich, there are about 637 million Google users surfing the Internet with a vulnerable Web browser.
Using data from Google search queries and security vulnerability aggregator Secunia, the study (HTML or PDF) found that a whopping 45 percent of Google users “were not using [...]
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