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Entries Categorized as 'Malware'
Have U Rebooted Yet – 022 – Malware
July 7, 2010
Have U Rebooted Yet – 010
May 12, 2010
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Spyware – Antivirus XP 2008
August 14, 2008
Since some of my blog readers are end-users, and not IT pros, I wanted to pass along the following info. The hot malware infecting machines lately seems to be "Antivirus XP 2008". It starts simply enough: (I especially like the typo of "aviailable" – nice). The unsuspecting user clicks on the ‘e-card’ hyperlink, runs the [...]
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