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Tag Archives: malware
Tumblr is back on my good side
In a piece I wrote a couple of weeks ago I’d brought up the problem of Tumblr hosting phishing/malicious web sites. Well after a few days of my feeding examples to Tumblr’s support team, and they taking down the sites, I haven’t … Continue reading
Four reasons we are losing the fight against Malware
It’s one step forward two steps back in the fight against Malware. Every time it seems like we are making progress it becomes apparent that we keep attacking the tip of the iceberg and below the surface Malware is thriving. So … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
Tagged Information security, Malicious Content, malware, website security
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Protecting yourself from malicious websites
With all the press about the Flame malware the last couple of weeks I took yet another look at my own security precautions. This involved a bunch of ad-hoc testing on my part, and I’ve come up with a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
Tagged Anti-Malware, Anti-Virus, botnet, DNS, Domain Name Service, Flame, malware, Norton Connectsafe, OpenDNS, URL Filtering
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Why you need more than one Anti-Malware product protecting you
I recently downloaded a file that I knew would be Malware. It was called document.zip and was attached to a piece of mail that allegedly came from someone at FedEx. The email headers were forged, and the mail itself wasn’t … Continue reading
Malware or Not?
I’ve been doing an interesting experiment, in a virtual machine on a separate PC with no personal information at all on it. I’ve been going through SPAM emails and clicking on every link to see what happens. It is an … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Phishing, Security
Tagged Anti-Malware, Crazy Slots Casino, Grand Casino, IE9, Immunet, malware, Microsoft Security Essentials, Phishing, SPAM
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Adobe Reader installing McAfee Security Scan Plus Scareware
When I recently upgraded a couple of computers to the latest version of Adobe Reader I discovered something very disturbing. The download installs software from McAfee (of all people) that amounts to Scareware (a type of Malware that tries to … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
Tagged Adobe, Adobe Reader, malware, McAfee, McAfee Security Scan Plus, Rogue AV, Scareware, security, Spyware
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How long does it take to get infected with Malware? About 5 minutes
Having a freshly setup PC, and virtual machine, I went looking for trouble. I did a search for “medical forum” and up popped a link for medhelp.org. I went to the site and created an account and then started navigating … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
Tagged IE, IE9, Internet Explorer, malware, Rogue AV
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Time and Malware
I’m in the process of setting up a PC that I’m going to use exclusively for playing around with malware. In fact, I’m thinking of starting a pool to capture people’s guesses as to how long it takes someone who … Continue reading
