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Antivirus software often foxed by malicious URLs
"Many malicious URLs are now invisible to URL filters and antivirus software alike, a web security company has found after conducting its own tests.
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No commentsMicrosoft Security Essentials – Real-time protection, Alert levels and Actions
This is Part Three of our series on Microsoft Security Essentials, earlier parts dealt with How to download, Install and Update MSE in Part one and How to Set-up Microsoft Security Essentials in Part two. This final part explains the real-time protection, various levels of alert and the actions recommended by Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) […]
No commentsAntivirus Uninstallers – Remove security software cleanly
Computer security software like anti-virus and firewall programs are notorious for leaving behind file and registry traces when uninstalled. I have found that using the in-built uninstaller via Start > Control Panel > Add\Remove Programs first and then followed by the official clean-up tool released by the respective vendor is quite effective in removing the […]
No commentsNew Bios attack renders anti-virus useless
"A new form of attack that installs a rootkit directly onto a computer’s Bios system would render anti-virus software useless, researchers have warned…The researchers devised a 100-line Python script that could be flashed onto the Bios to install a rootkit. Because the Bios software activates before any other program on a computer when it starts […]
No commentsRogue antivirus: a growing problem
"Rogue antivirus programs pretend to detect malicious programs on a user’s computer and then offer to “treat” them for a fee. Needless to say, the money ends up in a cybercriminal’s pocket. The chances of being infected by this type of malware have increased dramatically over the last few years. The article examines how rogue […]
No commentsInternet Antivirus Pro Analysis and Removal
Belonging to the family of Personal Antivirus, General Antivirus etc., this scareware first appeared on the scene in the later half of the year 2008 and is still going strong. It is identified by various antivirus engines as Adware.InternetAntivirusPro, RogueAntiSpyware.InternetAntivirus, Win32.InternetAntivirusPro.m, Win32.Banker and Win-Trojan/Fakealert. As a typical scareware it displays misleading alerts about non-existent infections […]
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