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Attention to new waves of viruses Koobface

August 8th, 2009 admin 2 comments

Let’s go back to talking about Koobface, the virus that is infesting the major social network, and particularly Twitter and Facebook.

Koobface is a virus that spreads via links, behind a fake video, link to copies of itself to infect profiles on social network. Currently Koobface has slowed its spread, thanks to the efforts of the sites to limit the spread.

However, the recent attacks on Twitter and Facebook have shown that social networks are easy to hit, and in the coming ..read more

16% of spam comes from the United States

July 29th, 2009 admin No comments

Sophos, which saw the U.S. leading the nations most “active” as part of sending junk mail.

The other two steps of the podium, according to study by McAfee.

The activities of spammers, Cluley points out, has been recently favored by the massive use of new services tinyURL or

Symbian Foundation certifies accidentally a trojan

July 29th, 2009 admin No comments

taken over and focus to the Trend Micro on a rather disturbing error involving a few days ago F-Secure.

It is not yet known why, but Symbian Foundation has certified the Trojans SYMBOS_YXES.B ( “Sexy space”).

Typically the applications submitted to the Symbian team are evaluated through a series of tests, including an auto scan anti-virus products by F-Secure.

Mikko Hypp

Alwil Software: Avast just Between 5

July 25th, 2009 admin No comments

Avast is an antivirus for Windows, ..read more

MediaDefender Virus Scam Targets Torrent Site Users

July 7th, 2009 admin No comments

The latest in a long line of scams targeting email users is attempting to capitalize on the increasing number using BitTorrent sites. Targets of the scam receive an unsolicited email purporting to come from notorious anti-piracy company MediaDefender . The email, which is simply addressed “Dear User!” claims the individual has been monitored on any of several torrent sites while engaging in anything from copyright infringement, through to simply browsing the sites. Of course, citing MediaDefender is a nonsense, ..read more