Computers with no antivirus are five times more likely to get infected with malware than those with protection, according to Microsoft. In the first quarter of 2012, the company found malicious e-mail attachments on almost 3 million computers and detected 7 million Keygens. The activation key generators that users install with “free” software, movies or games often come loaded with malware. Most users don’t...
Most viruses, worms and Trojans circulating nowadays have learned to be discreet to avoid detection. Unlike predecessors that displayed warnings on users’ monitors, modern malware operates silently because crooks understood that users will install an antivirus to clean their computer at the first sign of infection. But, no matter how stealthy these pieces of malware are, there are still signs that give them...
Siemens industrial software targeted by Stuxnet malware is still full of security flaws, according to Russian researcher Sergey Gordeychik. His Defcon security paper was cancelled in July after the electronics and engineering giant filed a request, reports IDG News Service’s Jeremy Kirk. In the summer, Siemens asked researchers to postpone the presentation so they can fix their WinCC software, a Supervisory...
If you're playing Metin2, Flyff, MapleStoryhe, Lord of the Rings Online, Knight Online, Guild Wars or Age of Conan beware of the new account stealing Trojan that is currently spreading in the wild. Also take note of another malware that is transforming infected computers into spamming relays....
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