This little gem came in via email today. This is the kind of stuff that trips up users all of the time. Note: Just because an email looks like Plain Text doesn’t mean that it is. Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Old School Malware Attack
September 8, 2011
Have U Rebooted Yet – 045 – Mac Malware
May 25, 2011
Rating 4.00 out of 5
Posted in Comics, Have U Rebooted Yet, Humor, Mac, Malware 758 Comments »
How To Spot Fake AV Malware
October 1, 2010
So you’re surfing the internet, minding your own business, and suddenly a message pops up that warns “you’re infected”. It is true? Sometimes. Unfortunately, these days the fake AV software looks more real than ever. Here’s a good example of some fake AV that looks fairly convincing: At first glance, a lot of people see [...]
Posted in Anti-Virus, Crazy Screen Shots, Helpdesk, Malware 90 Comments »
Have U Rebooted Yet – 022 – Malware
July 7, 2010
Rating 4.43 out of 5
Posted in Comics, Have U Rebooted Yet, Humor, Malware 627 Comments »
Have U Rebooted Yet – 010
May 12, 2010
Rating 4.33 out of 5
Posted in Comics, Have U Rebooted Yet, Humor, Malware 751 Comments »
Free Event – Trend Micro in Cincinnati May 22, 2010
May 7, 2010
Bill Kam of Trend Micro is coming to Cincinnati to give a FREE live in-person training on Trend’s Worry Free products – best practices for install/configure and how to protect from things like “fakeav”, and new tools for the partner/IT Pro to use as well. He may cover some of the Worry Free 7 info [...]
Posted in Anti-Virus, Free, Live Events, Malware, Security, Training 534 Comments »
Windows Black Screen Of Death (KSOD)
December 2, 2009
The news rags are online pointing fingers about who is to blame for the latest Windows issue nicknamed the blacK Screen Of Death (KSOD). Microsoft says it’s not a patch issue, Prevx apologized for initially blaming a patch. All I know for sure is that people want it fixed. Oddly enough, about 10 minutes after [...]
Posted in Helpdesk, Malware 767 Comments »
Another IM Virus
April 9, 2009
I saw this IM virus for the first time today: WARNING – Don’t go to the URLs listed in this post, due to possible malware and NSFW content. Followed a few minutes later by: That’s from one of my sisters (so I see some phone support in my future.) She’s not signed in, so that’s a [...]
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Conficker Redux
March 31, 2009
Everybody is all excited about the return of Conficker on April 1, 2009, and the news media is whipping the general public up into a froth about it. Even my mom called me to ask about it. Here’s the low-down… PREVENTION: Apply the security update associated with MS08-067 (Windows 2000, XP, Vista & 2008). Make [...]
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Antivirus XP now Antivirus Plus
December 8, 2008
Like a big catfish going after a dough ball, folks are snapping up malware like it’s a $20 bill blowing across a parking lot. Specifically, we’re talking about the old “Antivirus XP”, which is now making the rounds re-branded as “Antivirus Plus”. Behold… System Tray Desktop Icon Fake Infection Alert And I’d be willing to [...]
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