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Tales from the support crypt: infected DVD drives, antiviruses that blow fuses and more (30 December 2008)
Talking viruses, infected physical devices, lights that go out are some of the “problems” Panda Security’s tech support service has had to face. Many of them were not a result of computer...
Rogue antivirus applications related to Continental Flight 1404 and other current news (24 December 2008)
Webroot has detected a new string of rogue antivirus applications that use URLs related to Continental Flight 1404 and other current news to manipulate consumers into purchasing phony...
Zero-day Web malware blocks surpass yearly average (23 December 2008)
In its monthly Global Threat Report issued today, ScanSafe, the pioneer and leading provider of SaaS Web Security, reported that the rate of zero-day malware blocks increased in November...
New password-stealing application disguised as a Firefox plugin (22 December 2008)
BitDefender Labs detected a new type of password-stealing application disguised as a Mozilla Firefox Plugin. The e-threat, Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A, is downloaded to a Mozilla Firefox...
Malware week: Antivirus360 antivirus and Sinowal.VXR banker trojan (19 December 2008)
This week's PandaLabs report includes information about the adware Antivirus360, the Sinowal.VXR banker Trojan and the virus Salit.AN. Antivirus360 is a fake antivirus. As with all...
The most dangerous malware of 2008 came from the Internet (17 December 2008)
It's no surprise, surfing the Internet without a security software installed brings dangerous consequences, especially since the growth of Web threats have increased by nearly 2000 percent...
Free removal tool for Mac OS X DNSChanger trojan horse (17 December 2008)
It's been a year since the DNSChanger Trojan Horse was discovered in the wild.  In the intervening months, it has grown to become the single most widespread piece of malware on OS X,...
The BankerFox banker Trojan, the Azero.B virus and the P2PShared.U worm (13 December 2008)
This week's PandaLabs report looks at the BankerFox banker Trojan, the Azero.B virus and the P2PShared.U worm, distributed through a fake McDonald's email message. Banker.LAX is...
The P2PShared.U worm is using new tricks to infect users’ computers (10 December 2008)
PandaLabs has detected an email message claiming to be a special Christmas offer from McDonald’s, but which really spreads the P2PShared.U worm. The email subject is “Mcdonalds wishes...
Cybercriminals use Flash ads for distributing malicious code (10 December 2008)
Finjan announced the latest findings by its Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) indentifying and analyzing the latest trends in cybercrime. Cybercriminals take advantage of the specific...

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